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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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Carhaix, the bellringer, is described as supremely contemptuous of the miserable fin de siecle church showmen who to draw fashionable audiences did not fear to offer the attraction of cavatinas and waltzes rendered on the cathedral organ by manufacturers of profane music, by ballet mongers and comic opera-wrights.
Music-director-cum-pianist Raisa Nakhmanovich emphasized the musical drama while correctly keeping the cabalettas slow, the cavatinas dreamy and the recitatives intense.
We can form a 9/8-letter word girder satisfying these two conditions: CAVATINAS : CIVETONES TIDERODE : TADARIDA Unless otherwise noted, all words in this and subsequent girders will be found as closed compounds in Webster's Third.
 
 
 
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