Editing Cavatina (section)

==Derivation==

In Italian, the word is the ''[[diminutive]]'' of ''[[cavata]]'', the act of producing a sound from a [[musical instrument]] (especially string instruments), and by extension, the quality of that sound. For example, one can notice the grace of an expert violinist's cavata or the richness of the cavata from a cello crafted by an exceptionally skilled luthier. From this meaning comes "cavatina," understood as the entrance aria of a character in an opera. The Italian plural is ''cavatine''. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cavatina |url=https://unaparolaalgiorno.it/significato/cavatina |website=Una parola al giorno |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref> In French, it is the ''cavatine'' and in German ''Kavatine''.<ref>{{cite Grove|date = 2001|title = Cavatina|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05215|url-access=subscription}}</ref>