cavatinan.
/kavəˈtiːnə/ Music.
A short song of simple character, (sometimes) spec. one without a second strain and repeat; ‘frequently applied to a smooth melodious air, forming part of a grand scena or movement’ (Grove).
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1836 C. Dickens in Library of Fiction I. 15 The popular cavatina of ‘Bid me discourse’.
1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 26 An Italian Cavatina which she knew by heart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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