cadenza
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cadenza
n. final flourish in a solo (Music)

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Cadenza
In music, a cadenza (from , meaning cadence) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display. Indicated by a fermata in all parts if improvised, a cadenza is usually over a final or next-to-last note in a piece or important cadence and the accompaniment rests or sustains a note or chord. Thus it is often before a final coda or ritornello.

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cadenza

Noun
1. a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music
(hypernym) passage, musical passage


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cadenza
nf. cadence, intonation, rhythm; cadenza, final flourish in a solo (Music)
 
cadenzare
v. give a musical rhythm, impart a cadence

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cadenza
n. kadence


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