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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music; 



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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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