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cavatina en · NOUN

Etymology

From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.

Meanings

1. An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
2. A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.

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Translations (4)

ca cavatina (An operatic song in slow tempo) · mk кавати́на (An operatic song in slow tempo) · de Kavatine (An operatic song in slow tempo) · fr cavatine (An operatic song in slow tempo)