Usually means: Elaborate ornamentation in vocal music.
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  1. colorature: Merriam-Webster
  2. colorature: Collins English Dictionary
  3. colorature: Wordnik
  4. colorature: Wiktionary
  5. Colorature, colorature: Dictionary.com
  6. Colorature: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. colorature: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Colorature: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. colorature: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. colorature: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Colorature: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of coloratura [(uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.]

Similar:
coloratura, figure, fioriture, bel canto, canorousness, color, sound, melodicism, capriccio, disposition, more...

Types:
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass, more...

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Similar:
coloratura, figure, fioriture, bel canto, canorousness, color, sound, melodicism, capriccio, disposition, more...

Types:
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass, more...



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