cadenza
[ kuh-den-zuh ]
/ kəˈdɛn zə /
noun Music.
an elaborate flourish or showy solo passage, sometimes improvised, introduced near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
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cadenza
/ (kəˈdɛnzə) /
noun
a virtuoso solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music, formerly improvised by the soloist but now usually specially composed
Southern African informal a fit or convulsion
Word Origin for cadenza
C19: from Italian; see cadence
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