| 释义 |
‖ récit|resi|
[Fr.]
1. Mus. (See quots.)
1884F. Niecks Conc. Dict. Mus. Terms 201 Récit (Fr.), (1) what is performed by one singer or one instrumentalist, a vocal or instrumental solo. (2) The principal part in a piece of concerted music. (3) One of the manuals and corresponding stops of the organ, the Swell Organ. 1924L. J. De Bekker Black's Dict. Mus. & Musicians 538/1 Recit, Fr. solo part; principal of several parts. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VII. 72/1 Récit.., a 17th-century term for a declamatory melody supported by simple accompaniment,..but also, by analogy, an instrumental piece, such as an organ piece with the tune played on a solo stop. 1968A. Niland Introd. to Organ 109 Cavaillé-Coll never really took to the swell box, being content to enclose only the récit expressif, even in a five manual organ. 1975New Yorker 28 Apr. 133/2 The Récit [sc. a rank of organ pipes] is in mysterious darkness, behind the louvres of the box that encloses it.
2. Lit. Narrative, account (freq. opposed to dialogue); a relating of events. Also, a book or passage consisting largely of narrative.
1944‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon X. 237 The whole book, récit as well as dialogue, is written in the American language. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 173/1 The récit..studies always to keep an uncluttered foreground where only one or two characters are permitted to disport themselves; for the most part it sticks to narrative and reported speech. 1960Ibid. 18 Nov. 737/3 The four récits which compose his latest work are set as far apart as Ethiopia, Spain, Italy and the Midi. 1964New Statesman 17 Apr. 610/2 Its form is French: a flowery récit by an ageing recluse describing his attempts to make life and thought converge. 1978Observer 26 May 30/1 The rhythms of his récit—his dialogue is a different matter—are terribly unvarious. |