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Coloratura
AU:
BBD a10008688
H:
MT Music terms
W:
May also be used as a subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
SN:
Elaborate ornamentation or embellishment, including running passages and trills, whether written or improvised, and common in 18th- and 19th-century singing (New Harvard Dictionary of Music)
BT:
Ornamentation