Cadenza
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈdɛnzə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cadenza is a noun meaning (music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
Meaning
(music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
More Meanings
- (South Africa, slang) To become agitated or excited.
Example Sentences
Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza.
Word Forms
- cadenzas
- cadenze
- cadenzaing
- cadenzaed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cadence, chaconne, coda, codetta, cassation, canto.
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