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cadenze

cadenze is the plural of cadenza.

Meaning of cadenza

Noun

cadenza (plural cadenzas or cadenze)

  1. A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
    • 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.1993, John Banville, Ghosts

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Questions about cadenze

What is cadenze the plural of?
Cadenze is the plural of cadenza.

Words near cadenze in the dictionary

  1. Cadenheads
  2. cadent
  3. cadential
  4. cadenza
  5. cadenzas
  6. cadenze
  7. cader
  8. caders
  9. cades
  10. cadet
  11. cadet blue

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