Cadenza Definition

kə-dĕnzə
cadenzas
noun
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.
Webster's New World
Any brilliant flourish in an aria or solo passage.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cadenza

Noun

Singular:
cadenza
Plural:
cadenzas, cadenze

Origin of Cadenza

  • Italian from Old Italian cadence cadence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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