cadenzaEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishcadenza /kəˈdɛnzə / ▸ noun a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or other musical work, typically near the end. – PHRASES have a cadenza South African English informal be extremely agitated: the party is having a cadenza about subliminal messages on the news. [said to be from Danny Kaye's The Little Fiddle, a humorous recording made in the 1940s]– ORIGIN mid 18th century: from Italian (see cadence).
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