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Parlando
“speaking”; The term directs the singer to imitate speech in singing. An example of this syle is the ‘patter songs’ of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, such as the Lord High Chancellor’s aria: “When you’re lying awake” from Iolanthe.
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