cadenza

(kə den)

noun

  1. an elaborate, often improvised musical passage played unaccompanied by the solo instrument in a concerto, usually near the end of the first or the final movement
  2. any brilliant flourish in an aria or solo passage

Origin: It: see cadence

See cadenza in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Old Italian, cadence; see cadence

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