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cadenza
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ca·den·za  (k-dnz)
n.
1. An elaborate, ornamental melodic flourish interpolated into an aria or other vocal piece.
2. An extended virtuosic section for the soloist usually near the end of a movement of a concerto.
[Italian, from Old Italian, cadence; see cadence.]
cadenza
Noun
a complex solo passage in a piece of music [Italian]
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Noun1.cadenza - a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition


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Friesenhagen and Ulrich Mazurowicz; Cadenzas by Kurt Gunmer.
Correction by American Music Teacher
Students compete for standard baroque through contemporary repertory prizes, as well as in novel categories, such as original concerto cadenzas, jazz or classical improvisation, versatility, lyricism in slow works, original compositions, works by female composers, and tasteful arrangements or transcriptions.
The Festival for Creative Pianists by American Music Teacher
Once such sounds were in the crowd's head, Fischer engineered something of a shotgun wedding, uniting the Philharmonic first with Okros, improvising cadenzas in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.
THE GYPSY SIDE OF DISNEY HALL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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