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- She used to wear it up like that for recitals and chamber music concerts, but with little pieces hanging down, to soften the severity of the look.†
p. 35.9 *recitals = performances
- Now, I try to summon the details, to recall if it said anything about Mia leaving Juilliard or playing recitals at Carnegie Hall.†
p. 37.4
- But when she got to the Dvoiak, the final piece of her recital, something came over her.†
p. 49.2recital = performance
- But another part, the churlish part, wants to remind her of all of the chamber music concerts, string quartets, and recitals I once sat through.†
p. 54.8recitals = performances
- Twenty-year-olds don't normally play recitals at Zankel Hall.†
p. 125.3
- I've been playing recitals and festivals, but this will be different.†
p. 125.6
- And I know I sound like a crazy person, mumbling to myself sometimes, but I'm just talking to Mom about what skirt to buy or to Dad about a recital I'm nervous about or to Teddy about a movie I've seen.†
p. 162.6recital = performance
- For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello.†
p. 233.1
- I have a spare day before the recitals begin.†
p. 236.7recitals = performances
- I have the two recitals in Japan and one in Korea on Thursday, so I could be out of there by Friday, and you gain a day back when you travel west.†
p. 247.2
- You come to my recitals.†
p. 249.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(recital) a performance such as music, dance, or a poetry readingA music recital is usually done solo or with a single accompanist. A dance recital may include many dancers.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, recital can be used in the sense of something that was recited (said aloud), or said in detail. In law, recital has a specialized meaning that references introductory or preliminary information giving the reasons for what follows.