recitativo – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term recitativo in music:

recitative (solo song in a dramatic work where the words and their rhythmic structure dictate the melody, thus letting the narrative play the primary role)
recited

Language

Italian

Singular

recitativo

Plural

recitativi

Abbreviation

recit.

Italian musical terms that include recitativo:

canto recitativo – declamatory singing
in modo di recitativo – in the style of a recitative
quasi recitativo – like a recitative, in the style of a recitative
recitativo accompagnato – recitative for voice and full orchestra (rather th...
recitativo espressivo – swell division (set of organ pipes enclosed in a s...
recitativo obbligato – recitative for voice and full orchestra characteri...
recitativo parlante – recitative style developed in operas of the 1800s,...
recitativo secco – recitative for voice and continuo
recitativo semplice – recitative for voice and continuo
recitativo strumentato – recitative for voice and full orchestra (rather th...
stile recitativo – dramatic recitative style developed in early Itali...

Music scores that include recitativo:

Franz Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert: No. 4 (1837‑1838) Page 11
Franz Liszt: Liebesträume (1850) Page 2
George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1741) Page 3
Haydn: The Creation (1796‑1798) Page 6
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1708) Page 8
Michael Watson: Babylon (1880) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to recitativo:

declamato – declaimed, recited
parlato – spoken...
recitando – reciting, declaiming, in the style of a recitative...
recitante – reciting, declaiming, in the style of a recitative...
recitativa – recited (performed as a recitative)