These four scenes for Savage are quite significant, involving not just recitative but a sequence of strong da capo arias. |
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As an exception, one finds forms here which do not fit into the standard patterns of secco recitative and da capo aria. |
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This movement has an ABA formal structure and the da capo has been reduced in this recording to a repeat of the first tutti. |
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The free elements of the composition take the forms customary at the time: da capo arias are predominant. |
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It should be noted that it was common practice to omit the repeats during the da capo of each first dance. |
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And so the last air, with its da capo, magnificently ends the important cycle of four French cantatas illustrating the seasons. |
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Handel's operas are filled with da capo arias, such as Svegliatevi nel core. |
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Handel originally wrote this in da capo form, but shortened it to dal segno, probably before the first performance. |
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An adaptation of the Italian cantata, with its rather linear succession of recitatives and da capo arias, the French form quickly departed from the original model, and became freer. |
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Reprinted courtesy of da capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. |
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More than in his other sacred music, Vivaldi here uses all traits of opera and bel canto : the arias are da capo, and the reprises may be ornamented. |
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This aria da capo is framed by two recitatives. |
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Telemann consequently used the da capo aria, the N sections often repeating the text and making more use of melisma, the contrasting O sections being shorter and more syllabic. |
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Da Capo place the Second Symphony last on disc thus leaving Nielsen's refreshing thoughts on man's four temperaments as a thoughtful makeweight. |
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