Associations to the word «Arioso»

Wiktionary

ARIOSO, noun. (music) A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria

Dictionary definition

ARIOSO, noun. (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus