. Style in singing. ro mio__sa- - ra. Rossini wrote no cadenza to the air: P P P P lo vin- ce-ro! Cadenza of Mile. Sontag:. lo vin- ce - ro! I have already spoken of the bad taste exhibited bysome mediocre singers in covering a coloratura air withso many roulades, etc., as to render it barely recogniz-able. It was after hearing one of his own arias over-loaded and disfigured in this manner that Rossini, whowas noted for his biting wit and stinging sarcasms, issaid to have remarked: What charming music!Whom is it by? TRADITION—POINTAGE 83 Bellini, Donizetti, and composers of their school,someti
. Style in singing. ro mio__sa- - ra. Rossini wrote no cadenza to the air: P P P P lo vin- ce-ro! Cadenza of Mile. Sontag:. lo vin- ce - ro! I have already spoken of the bad taste exhibited bysome mediocre singers in covering a coloratura air withso many roulades, etc., as to render it barely recogniz-able. It was after hearing one of his own arias over-loaded and disfigured in this manner that Rossini, whowas noted for his biting wit and stinging sarcasms, issaid to have remarked: What charming music!Whom is it by? TRADITION—POINTAGE 83 Bellini, Donizetti, and composers of their school,sometimes did little more than hand over to the singerengaged to create their works a rough sketch, as it were,which the artists were supposed to fill in and were expected to add such fioriture, or flowers,as would best display their salient points of style andindividual characteristics. The Cavatina, or slow move-ment of the aria, was the medium which called for thequalities of expressive singing, while the Cabaletta wasa vehicle for the display of virtuosity and technicalmastery. In this latter movement,
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