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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cadenza
n : a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of
music
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