parlando

English edit

Etymology edit

From Italian parlando (“saying”).

Noun edit

parlando (plural parlandos)

(music) A piece of music to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.

Adjective edit

parlando (not comparable)

Declamatory in style; in recitative.
Synonym: parlante

Adverb edit

parlando (not comparable)

In a declamatory style.
Synonym: parlante

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “parlando”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)