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cavatina

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cavatina [ˌkævəˈtiːnə]
n pl -ne [-nɪ]
1. (Music / Classical Music) a solo song resembling a simple aria
2. (Music / Classical Music) an instrumental composition reminiscent of this
[from Italian]


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Roxanna Panufnik's Cavatina and Moravian Dance works up to a finish that could be movie incidental music - not amazingly, considering the film and TV scores she has actually written.
But there's more operatic material out there on the subject than Figaro's aria "Largo al factotum" and Rosina's cavatina "Una voce poco fa.
An arrangement of Cavatina and other music featured in The Deer Hunter provided a nice contrast from the overblown Hollywood themes.
 
 
 
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