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CADENZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cadenza mean?
• CADENZA (noun)
The noun CADENZA has 1 sense:
1. a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
Familiarity information: CADENZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cadenza" is a kind of...):
musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)
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