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recital

[ri-sahyt-l]

noun

  1. a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.

  2. a similar entertainment in a field other than music.

    a dance recital.

  3. a program or concert by dance or music students to demonstrate their achievements or progress.

  4. an act or instance of reciting.

  5. a formal or public delivery of something memorized.

  6. a detailed statement.

  7. an account, narrative, or description.

    He gave a recital of the things he'd been doing since we'd last seen him.



recital

/ ɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. a musical performance by a soloist or soloists Compare concert

  2. the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared

  3. an account, narration, or description

  4. a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc

  5. (often plural) law the preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • recitalist noun
  • nonrecital noun
  • prerecital noun
  • ˈٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recital1

First recorded in 1505–15; recite + -al 2
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That said, by the age of 5, Ron was taking piano lessons and giving a recital at the Women’s Club of Venice, near where the Mael family then resided.

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It’s been a while since he’s been back to L.A., but the Los Angeles Philharmonic presents his first recital in more than a decade for a program of Bach, Chopin and Shostakovich.

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Demand for the superstar pianists’ recital was such that Wednesday’s sold-out performance led the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which presented the concert, to add a second date.

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He turned his recital hall into a lecture hall, as he describes it, and started offering travel courses and self-publishing his first book, "Europe Through the Back Door."

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Though they did most of their lessons on the Yamaha, Chung decided she would let them play the grand as a reward for learning their pieces and for recitals.

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