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Meaning of cadenza

ca•den•za

Pronunciation: (ku-den'zu), [key]
— n. Music.
  1. an elaborate flourish or showy solo passage, sometimes improvised, introduced near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
cadential cadet