Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective To be sung in a style suggestive of speech. Used chiefly as a direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, noting a passage or a style of singing in which there is some approach to declamation or recitative, involving specially careful enunciation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A piece of music to be sung or played in the style of a
recitative .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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(The word parlando means literally-speaking.) _Pastorale_ -- in simple and unaffected style, (lit. -- pastoral, rural).
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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The vocal writing is less persuasive, much of it a shapeless parlando that is merely a vehicle for the text.
An Artifact of Indulgence From Bernard Herrmann Heidi Waleson 2011
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Paolo Gavanelli, as the much put upon Geronio (above center), proves again that he is one of the world's great buffo baritones, delivering a spectacular display of parlando (Italian patter).
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Paolo Gavanelli, as the much put upon Geronio (above center), proves again that he is one of the world's great buffo baritones, delivering a spectacular display of parlando (Italian patter).
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Paolo Gavanelli, as the much put upon Geronio (above center), proves again that he is one of the world's great buffo baritones, delivering a spectacular display of parlando (Italian patter).
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Paolo Gavanelli, as the much put upon Geronio (above center), proves again that he is one of the world's great buffo baritones, delivering a spectacular display of parlando (Italian patter).
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Two popular singers would contrast the traditional mellifluous Broadway style of a Howard Keel with the more parlando style of a Frank Sinatra lounge act in Las Vegas.
Rodney Punt: California Philharmonic in Alfresco Pops and Classical Fare 2010
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In his madrigals, from 1581 onwards, and in his compositions for the theatre he deserted the old counterpoint in favour of a pathetic parlando style.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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Charles Petit is the director of this superb video clip to the musical composition “Playa Bianca” with sweet parlando vocals by French writer Michel Houellebecq.
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Charles Petit is the director of this superb video clip to the musical composition “Playa Bianca” with sweet parlando vocals by French writer Michel Houellebecq.
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