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Arioso   Listen
adverb
Arioso  adv., adj.  (Mus.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.






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"Arioso" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Arioso too which follows, "He made us," is most fervent in expression. There is a fine field here for beautiful contralto voices ...
— Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End" • Franz Liszt; letters collected by La Mara and translated

... rises almost to the intensity of sacrilegious accusation as the people recall to God the vow made to them in Egypt, but sinks to accents of awe when they reflect upon the incidents of their former serfdom. Now Samson stands forth. In a broad arioso, half recitative, half cantilena, wholly in the oratorio style when it does not drop into the mannerism of Meyerbeerian opera, he admonishes his brethren of their need to trust in God, their duty to worship Him, of His promises to aid them, of the wonders that He ...
— A Second Book of Operas • Henry Edward Krehbiel



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