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Sprechstimme vs Recitative - What's the difference?

sprechstimme | recitative |

As nouns the difference between sprechstimme and recitative

is that sprechstimme is a dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing while recitative is .

sprechstimme

English

Noun

(-)
  • A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing.
  • * 1999 March 20, Bradley Bambarger, Billboard'', ''Innocent When You Dream , Orion Books 2006, page 208:
    • The woozy “Black Market Baby” and spooky sprechstimme of “What's He Building?” are prime latter-day Waits, as are a host of other numbers that sound like work songs bellowed down a Tin Pan Alley.

    Synonyms

    * Sprechgesang

    recitative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of a recital
    • English heteronyms ----