Da capo aria aria da capo

Creator:	Ana Juliá
Language pair:	inglês para espanhol
Discipline:	-
Definition / notes:	A ternary form (ABA) aria. First section in tonic, second section in a related key, then, repeat of ‘A’ probably with ornamentation. Da capo meaning to return 'to the head'. By about 1650 the binary aria form was being extended by a repetition of the A section after the B section was completed. This created the musically satisfying (though dramatically problematic) form, A B A'. In the eighteenth century such arias would become a superb vehicle for vocal display.
URL:	http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/koopmajo/develop.html