Cadenza

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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