Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adv. Music To be sung in a style suggestive of speech. Used chiefly as a direction.
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- n. A piece of music to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In music, noting a passage or a style of singing in which there is some approach to declamation or recitative, involving specially careful enunciation.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(The word parlando means literally-speaking.) _Pastorale_ -- in simple and unaffected style, (lit. -- pastoral, rural).
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The vocal writing is less persuasive, much of it a shapeless parlando that is merely a vehicle for the text.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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What he sang were not so much recognizable tunes, as a kind of personal parlando, set to melodies very much his own, reminiscent of Sch6nberg by negligence rather than design, for he was not very musical.
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Sieglinda's phrases are simple, many of them exquisite, most of them designed to be sung parlando, rather spoken than really sung.
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Instead of broad, flowing, but intelligible themes, a mongrel breed of recitative and parlando was to take their place.
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I've known the most charming women of our time -- women of an order to which Miss Francie, con rispetto parlando, will never begin to belong.
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