Coloratura (English Wikipedia)

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Eds. OADT (2009) [2003]. "Coloratura". Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus (OADT) (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 9780195384659. Retrieved November 13, 2025. col·o·ra·tur·a /ˌkələrə'to͝orə, ˌkäl-/ ▶ noun 1 elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in opera. 2 a soprano skilled in coloratura singing. – ORIGIN Italian, 'coloring.'

Guo, Edward W. & IMSLP Staff (November 13, 2025). "Hamlet (Thomas, Ambroise)" (score link, download, and general information page). International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP.org). Wilmington, DE: Project Petrucci LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2025. For the author name, location, and publisher information, see this and this link.^{[better source needed]}

Guo, Edward W. & IMSLP Staff (November 13, 2025). "Hamlet (Thomas, Ambroise)" (score link, download, and general information page). International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP.org). Wilmington, DE: Project Petrucci LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2025. For the author name, location, and publisher information, see this and this link.^{[better source needed]}

Eds. MW (2025). "Coloratura noun". Merriam-Webster online (MW, merriam-webster.com) (2nd ed.). Springfield, MA: Enc. Encyclopædia-MW, Inc. p. 240. Retrieved November 13, 2025. coloratura noun / col·or·a·tu·ra ˌkə-lə-rə-ˈtu̇r-ə [alt. 4th syl.] -ˈtyu̇r- / often attributive / 1 :elaborate embellishment in vocal music / broadly : music with ornate figuration / 2 : a soprano with a light agile voice specializing in coloratura ... Etymology / borrowed from 17th-century Italian, "coloring," from Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrāre "to COLOR entry 2" + Italian -ura [see the Latin-derived noun suffix] -URE / NOTE: Though conventionally attributed to Italian in German dictionaries since the 17th century, the word apparently first appears in a musical sense in German (as Coloraturen, given as a synonym of Latin Diminutiones "diminutions," in Michael Praetorius, Syntagmatis musici tomus tertius, Wolfenbüttel, 1619, p. 232).