cadenza

3 definitions found

cadenza - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cadenza \Ca*den"za\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
     A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of
     a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
     [1913 Webster]

cadenza - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cadenza
      n 1: a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece
           of music

cadenza - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "cadenza":
     acciaccatura, appoggiatura, arabesque, cadence, coloratura,
     division, embellishment, extempore, fioritura, flight, flourish,
     grace, grace note, hot lick, impromptu, improvisation, incidental,
     incidental note, interpolation, lick, long mordent, mordent,
     ornament, passage, pralltriller, riff, roulade, run,
     single mordent, turn, vamp