Kavatina |

ital. cavatina, will reduce. from cavata – cavata, from cavare – to extract

1) In the 18th century. – short solo lyric. a piece in an opera or oratorio, usually contemplative-thoughtful in character. It arose from the early 18th century kavata associated with recitative. It differed from the aria in greater simplicity, songlike melody, very limited use of coloratura and text repetitions, as well as modesty in scale. Usually it consisted of one verse with a small instrumental introduction (for example, two cavatinas from J. Haydn’s oratorio “The Seasons”).

2) In the 1st floor. 19th century – a prima donna’s exit aria or a premiere (for example, Antonida’s cavatina in the opera Ivan Susanin, Lyudmila’s cavatina in the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila).

3) In the 2nd floor. 19th century cavatina approaches the works of this genre, created in the 18th century, differing from them in greater freedom of construction and larger scale.

4) Occasionally, the name “cavatina” was applied to small instrumental pieces of a melodious nature (for example, Adagio molto espressivo from Beethoven’s B-dur string quartet op. 130).

A. O. Hrynevych