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cadenza
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cadenza
(noun)
cadenza
/kə
ˈ
dɛnzə/
noun
plural
cadenzas
cadenza
/kə
ˈ
dɛnzə/
noun
plural
cadenzas
Britannica Dictionary definition of CADENZA
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a difficult part of a piece of classical music that is performed by only one person near the end of the piece
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