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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

cadenza
    n 1: a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece
         of music

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for Cadenza:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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