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cadenza::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | musical passage, passage |
Examples of cadenza
cadenza
The great, merciless cadenza brought forth a performance of harrowing intensity.
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Where it stood out most was at the junction of cadenza and the fourth movement.
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The concert's one jarring moment came in the cadenza for Mozart's first movement.
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All that was needed was a wackier cadenza than the one supplied by Robert Casadesus.
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The piece concludes with a demanding cadenza and a final shower of virtuosic sparks.
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You caught the heart of the Bachian Restoration in a magnificent end-of-year cadenza.
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A cadenza, a musical interlude for the soloist, was added only a month ago.
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The virtuosic first movement cadenza, which he let fly, was composed by Bell himself.
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In the next movement, the cadenza is a little disoriented, a little crazy.
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- A brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
- In music, a cadenza (from cadenza, meaning cadence) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display.
- In the armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. ...
- Cadenza is a mixed a cappella choir at Cambridge University in England. Originally founded in 1997 as a small jazz choir with a conductor and a band, in 2002 it was changed to a smaller close-harmony a cappella group to sing arrangements that include a wider repertoire ranging from pop to jazz ...
- A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician
- (Cadenzas) 1985 (rev 1987). Cl, percussion. Ms. Centrediscs CMC-2786 (J. Campbell, B. Johnston)
- An unaccompanied, often virtuosic, solo within a movement of a concerto.
- In a concerto, a brilliant, unaccompanied solo section, once improvised by the player, now more often already composed. It enlarges on the themes set forth in the work and exhibits the player's technique.
- Near the end of an aria, a series of difficult, fast high notes that allow the singer to demonstrate vocal ability.
