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terzetto

NOUN
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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  • Still, ‘La Clemenza’ does have its moments and has an easy flow to it that offers a certain consistency from beginning to end that makes it easy listening, especially some of its duets, choral pieces and terzettos.
  • On another occasion, at the same theatre, the prima donna was taken suddenly ill in the midst of a terzetto, in which Tamburini had the bass, and, while supporting her on the stage, this accomplished musician actually took the soprano in his falsetto, and performed the part of the indisposed lady in a manner which drew down universal applause. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
  • The act closes with a terzetto of great power ( "O! di qual sei tu"), in which both the priestess and Adalgisa furiously denounce the faithless Pollione. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers
  • The scene takes the form of a terzetto, which is worked up with constantly increasing power to a climax of passionate energy, and at last dies away as Marguerite expires. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers
  • The repertoire of the ensemble includes solos, duettas, and terzettos to piano, for example the following operetta numbers: ‘The Countess Mariza’, ‘The Violet of Montmartre’, ‘The Happy Widow’, ‘Victoria and her Hussar’.
  • Shortly after orchestrating the second series of Slavonic Dances in 1886, the composer, a violist, wrote two string terzettos for himself and two violin students, who lived in his house.
  • A terzetto between Adriano, Orsini, and Colonna, set off against a chorus of the nobles, leads up to the finale. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers
  • A beautiful terzetto describes with inimitable grace the gently sloping hills covered with their verdure, the leaping of the fountain into the light, and the flights of birds, and a bass solo in sonorous manner takes up the swimming fish, closing with "the upheaval of Leviathan from the deep," who disports himself among the double-basses. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers
  • Dutchman ( "Wie aus der Ferne") and a terzetto with Daland close the act. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers
  • As consolation, Dvorák promptly wrote a second terzetto in a much simpler style, Op. 75a, which was later published in a better-known arrangement for violin and piano entitled Romantic Pieces.
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