cantabile

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This cantabile is often of exquisite beauty, and gives Italian and Italianized singers a chance to show off the mellow qualities of their voices to the best advantage.

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  1. adverb In a smooth, lyrical, flowing style. Used chiefly as a direction.
  2. noun A cantabile passage or movement.

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  • These five players are wonderful in the slow movements too, capturing the singing line of No. 6's Largo cantabile, the ghostly qualities of No. 4's Larghetto, and the mystery of the opening Larghetto of No. 1. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • Andante cantabile, where competing registers and dynamics manage a healthy resolution. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • The story is excellent in its simplicity, which is rather what a cantabile should be: simple, lyrical and flowing. —  Anime News Network
  • This cantabile is often of exquisite beauty, and gives Italian and Italianized singers a chance to show off the mellow qualities of their voices to the best advantage. —  Chopin and Other Musical Essays
  • The very word cantabile emphasizes, by antithesis, the unvocal character of the old florid style. —  Chopin and Other Musical Essays
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  1. Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, worthy to be sung, from Latin cantāre, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Italian, from Latin cantabilis, that may be sung: see cantable.
 

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/kænˈtɑbilɛ/
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