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Definition of Cadenzas
1. cadenza [n] - See also: cadenza
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadenzas
Literary usage of Cadenzas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Opera by Ernest Markham Lee (1909)
"... Mixed language — Stereotyped casts — Curiosities of stage requirements —
Wagner's supernatural requirements — Curiosities of the music — Vocal cadenzas. ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"cadenzas are simply opportunities for egotistical display on the part of the solo
executant, and, in niño cases out of ten, blemishes on the otherwise ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1862)
"The ' cadenzas ' were talented pieces of workmanship ; hut they were far from adding
... The mistake about the cadenzas was not likely to escape Mr. Halle's ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"Such cadenzas may occur either in the first or last movement, and even in both,
... It was formerly customary to leave the cadenzas for improvisation, ..."
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