Fioritura
Florid embellishment of a melodic line
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Fioritura is florid embellishment of a melodic line — literally "flowering": fast scales, arpeggios and ornaments added to the main melody so the phrase blossoms. It is common in opera arias and instrumental concertos.
It is close to coloratura, but fioritura stresses the ornamental passage, while coloratura stresses a vocal technique type. The usual mistake is to think more fioritura is more brilliant — it must grow from the phrase's skeleton; embellishment without a skeleton is just a scale exercise.
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- fioritura 的含义与在歌剧中的用法，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Fioritura"；本文为原创表述
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