cadenza
[kuh-den-zuh]
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noun Music.
an elaborate flourish or showy solo passage, sometimes improvised, introduced near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
Origin of cadenza
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Historical Examples of cadenza
And in the department of cadenza and variation he deemed him without an equal.
Cardinal Newman as a MusicianEdward Bellasis
It is significant that he played the cadenza, the most difficult part, best of all.
Franz LisztJames Huneker
I had begged him to compose a cadenza for me, but he directed me to write one myself.
Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.)Elliott Graeme
There is in music an effect yet more magical than that of the cadenza.
Massimilla DoniHonore de Balzac
This volume also contains his own cadenza to the Beethoven violin concerto.
Violin MasteryFrederick H. Martens
cadenza
noun
Word Origin for cadenza
C19: from Italian; see cadence
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