aria（n.）
“独唱旋律”，1775年，源自意大利语中的 aria，字面意思是“乐曲”（参见 air（n.1））。
Historically considered, the aria marks a single moment in the course of a dramatic action. The text often consists of but a few words, many times repeated (as we find in Handel's oratorios, etc.), and the musical development is the main thing. The opposite of aria is recitative (q.v.), in which the declamation of the syllables is the main thing, colored, perhaps, by means of clever orchestration. [W.S.B. Mathews and Emil Liebling, "Dictionary of Music," 1896]
从历史的角度来看， aria 在戏剧性事件的进程中标记了片刻。这段文字通常只有几个单词，经常重复（如在韩德尔的清唱剧中等），音乐发展是主要的。相反的是 recitative (q.v.)，在这种情况下音节的吟唱是主要的，或许通过巧妙的管弦乐编配而有色彩的。[W.S.B.马修斯和艾米尔·利布林，“音乐词典”，1896年]
该词起源时间：1775年