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n. A style used in opera and oratorio, similar to but more melodic than recitative.

n. A passage rendered in this style.

n. A short vocal solo having the melodic style but not the form of an aria.

ad. In a melodic style like that of an aria. Used chiefly as a direction.

n. A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria

ad. In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

In music, like an air, as contradistinguished from recitative.

n. (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria

"The solo sections of these anthems contain arioso writing, with virtuoso decorations to highlight individual words or phrases those composed for the bass John Gostling—such as They that go down to the sea in ships and I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord—are especially spectacular."

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