Cavatina

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cavatina \Ca`va*ti"na\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
     Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song
     without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously
     and vaguely used.
     [1913 Webster]