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vocalise. A wordless vocal exercise or concert piece sung to one or more vowels. One of first concert pieces was Ravel's Vocalise en forme d'habanera. There are also Vocalise, for v. and pf. by Rachmaninov, Op.34, No.14, comp. 1912, rev. 1915, and 3 Vocalises for sop. and cl. by Vaughan Williams (1958).

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vocalise

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Le bon mot: Texts for Vocalises Magazine article from: Journal of Singing; 9/1/2007
	Rachmaninoff: Vocalise. Various artists. RCA 09026-63669-2. Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 11/1/2000
	Symphony No. 2; Vocalise. Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 8/1/2001