Melisma
Creator:
Robert Worle, tenor singer at the Akademie fuer Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed, conductor; CAPRICCIO
Description:
A melisma is a series of notes set to a single syllable of text.
Publisher:
CAPRICCIO - Ein Produkt der Delta Musik GmbH
Contributor:
Tucker Bilodeau
Rights:
CAPRICCO, all rights reserved
Format:
.wav
Language:
Italian
Type:
Sound
Source:
An excerpt from the aria "A Dio ritornate" from La Conversione di Sant'Agostino by Johann Adolf Hasse.
Date:
May 6-9, 1991
Location:
Friednskirche Potsdam-Sanssouci
Subject:
Vocal music, Solo voice, Oratorio, Opera.
Transcription:
Italian text: "A Dio ritornate", the melisma occurs on the "na" syllable of "ritornate".
Original Format:
CD recording
Duration:
19 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency:
2822kbps/44.1kHz