Classical Era: Opera. Three distinct genres: 1. Opera seria, continuing from the Baroque period used the same kind of (often. literally the same!) librettos depicting historical or, less often, mythological. events; arias continued to be in da capo form, now increasingly merged with. sonata form; arias became much longer, so there were fewer; recitative continued.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: cocoa(Noun) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. cocoa(Noun) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. cocoa(Noun) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
2000 BC, Amazon: 1  Cocoa, from which chocolate is created, is said to have originated in the Amazon at least 4,000 years ago. 2  Chocolate, derived from the seed of the cocoa tree, was used by the Maya Culture, as early as the Sixth Century AD. Maya called the cocoa tree cacahuaquchtlâ¦ tree, and the word chocolate comes from the Maya word xocoatl which means bitter water.