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aria
Solo song with instrumental accompaniment in opera, cantata, or oratorio. The strophic or stanzaic aria, in which each new stanza might represent a melodic variation on the first, appeared in opera in C. Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607) and was widely used for decades. The standard aria form c.1650-1775 was the da capo aria, in which the opening melody and text are repeated after an intervening melody-text section (often in a different key, tempo, and meter); the return of the first section was often virtuosically embellished by the singer. Comic operas never limited themselves to da capo form. Even in serious opera, from c.1750 a variety of forms were used; G. Rossini and others often expanded the aria into a complete musical scene in which two or more conflicting emotions were expressed. R. Wagner's operas largely abandoned the aria in favor of a continuous musical texture, but arias have never ceased to be written.
aril
Special covering of certain seeds that commonly develops from the seed stalk. It is often a bright-colored fleshy envelope, as in such woody plants as the yews and nutmeg and in members of the arrowroot family, oxalis, and the castor-oil plant. Animals are attracted to arils and eat the seeds, dispersing them in their wastes. The aril of nutmeg is the source of the spice known as mace.
burial
Ritual disposal of human remains, often intended to facilitating the deceased's entry into the afterworld. Grave burial dates back at least 125,000 years. Types of grave range from trenches to large burial mounds to great stone tombs such as pyramids. Caves have also long been used for the dead, as in the case of the ancient Hebrews or the thousands of sepulchral caves (rock temples) of W India and Sri Lanka. Water burial, such as occurred among the Vikings, has also been common. Cremation and the scattering of ashes on water is widely practiced, especially in Asia; in India the remains of the deceased are thrown into the sacred Ganges River. Some peoples (Amer. Indian groups, Parsis, etc.) employ exposure to the elements to dispose of their dead. Among many peoples, the first burial is followed by a second, after an interval that often coincides with the duration of bodily decomposition. This reflects a concept of death as slow passage from the society of the living to that of the dead. Jewish custom requires speedy burial; a prayer known as the Kaddish is recited at the graveside, and a gravestone is normally erected a year after burial. Christian burials are often preceded by a wake, a "watch" held over the deceased's body sometimes accompanied by festivity. Under Islam, the head of the dead must face Mecca.
Caria
Ancient district, SW Asia Minor. It was one of the most thoroughly Hellenized districts; its territory included Greek cities along its Aegean shore and a mountainous interior bounded by Lydia, Phrygia, and Lycia. Absorbed by Lydia, it later was joined to ...
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