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In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: "stubborn", compare English: obstinate) is a motif or phrase, which is persistently repeated in the same musical voice. An ostinato is always a succession of equal sounds, wherein each note always has the same weight or stress. The repeating idea may be a rhythmic pattern, part of a tune, or a complete melody in itself. Both "ostinatos" and "ostinati" are accepted English plural forms, the latter reflecting the word's Italian etymology. Strictly speaking, ostinati should have exact repetition, but in common usage, the term covers repetition with variation and development, such as the alteration of an ostinato line to fit changing harmonies or keys.
Ostinati are used in 20th-century music to stabilize groups of pitches, as in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring "Introduction" and "Augurs of Spring". A famous type of ostinato, called the Rossini crescendo, owes its name to the crescendo underlying a persistent musical pattern, which usually culminates in a solo vocal cadenza. This style was emulated by other bel canto composers, especially Bellini; and later by Wagner (in pure instrumental terms, discarding the closing vocal cadenza). Mozart uses an ostinato phrase throughout the big scene that ends Act 2 of the "Marriage of Figaro", to convey a sense of suspense as the jealous Count Almaviva tries in vain to incriminate the Countess, his wife, and Figaro, his butler, for plotting behind his back.
Actors: Julie Johnson (actress), Sheryl Leach (writer), Fred Holmes (director), Sheryl Leach (producer), Julie Hutchings (producer), Patty Wirtz (actress), Linda Houston (producer), Stephen White (writer), Carter Crocker (writer), Jim Rowley (director), Jeff Ayers (actor), Charlotte Spivey (producer), Karl Geurs (writer), Dean Wendt (actor), Carey Stinson (actor),
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Genres: Family,Actors: Fred Holmes (director), Fred Holmes (writer), Julie Johnson (actress), Patty Wirtz (actress), Julie Hutchings (producer), Carter Crocker (writer), Linda Houston (producer), Jeff Ayers (actor), Jim Rowley (director), Dean Wendt (actor), Carey Stinson (actor), Kyle Nelson (actor), Michael Anthony Steele (writer), Michaela Dietz (actress), Karen Barnes (producer),
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Genres: Family,Actors: Julie Johnson (actress), Fred Holmes (writer), Fred Holmes (director), Patty Wirtz (actress), Julie Hutchings (producer), Linda Houston (producer), Carter Crocker (writer), Jim Rowley (director), Jeff Ayers (actor), Charlotte Spivey (writer), Charlotte Spivey (producer), Dean Wendt (actor), Carey Stinson (actor), Kyle Nelson (actor), Michaela Dietz (actress),
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