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What is another word for recitatives?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪsˈɪtətˌɪvz] (IPA)

Recitatives are an important element of opera and other musical compositions that rely on spoken dialogue. There are several synonyms for recitatives that can be used interchangeably depending on the context of the musical work. These include narrative passages, spoken sections, spoken word, spoken interludes, and declamation. Each of these phrases describes the same type of vocal delivery that is used in recitatives to tell a story or advance the plot of the musical work. Regardless of the specific term used, recitatives play an essential role in conveying the emotions and intentions of the characters on stage.
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What are the hypernyms for Recitatives?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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    musical genres, musical forms, musical styles.

Usage examples for Recitatives

But frequently in the recitatives of classic works occur phrases of declamatory recitative, interspersed with passages that are purely lyric in structure.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
I have been assured that the recitatives were not attacked by the singers as I had performed them to my friends at the piano.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
Nowhere in the score of my "Lohengrin" have I written above a vocal phrase the word "recitative;" the singers ought not to know that there are any recitatives in it; on the other hand, I have been intent upon weighing and indicating the verbal emphasis of speech so surely and so distinctly that the singers need only sing the notes, exactly according to their value in the given tempo, in order to get purely by that means the declamatory expression.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)

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