Bravura
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In classical music, a bravura is a style of both music and its performance intended to show off the skill of a performer. [1] Commonly it is a virtuosic passage performed as a solo, and often in a cadenza.
The term implies "effect for effect's sake". Therefore while many pieces of Beethoven do require a high skill, they are not described as "bravura". Fuller-Maitland suggests the following arias as examples of bravura: Let the bright Seraphim, "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Act II of The Magic Flute) and "Non più mesta" from La Cenerentola. [1]
Musical terms "allegro di bravura" and "con bravura" indicate boldness, fire and brilliancy.[1]
The term "bravura" also refers to daring performance in ballet, e.g., in reference of the pas de deux from Le Corsaire.[2] Lynn Garafola describes the Russian ballet school of Marius Petipa as "marrying the new Italian bravura technique to its more lyrical French counterpart".[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) p. 271-272
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- ↑ The Cambridge Companion to Ballet, p. 151
