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

Cadenza Sentence Examples

  • He's going to play the glockenspiel cadenza too!

  • Stephen Hopper was the soloist in a tightly controlled Haydn Trumpet Concerto, with a lovely cadenza at the end of the Allegro.

  • Well done to all players, especially Jenny, who continued to play her solo cadenza despite an off-putting phone ringing!

  • The second nocturne is a fleeting scherzo retracing the same ground three times and culminating in a short cadenza for the horn.

  • In the old days, concertos included a cadenza which was to be improvised by the particular player.

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Words Starting With

CCACAD

Words Ending With

AZANZA

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Words Starting With C and Ending With A

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With A