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What is a cadenza?

What is a cadenza? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
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The performance was marred by occasional flatness, but the plunge from an extremely high to an extremely low note in the cadenza was breathtaking.
A shorter cadenza may also occur at a strategic point in one or more of the other movements.
And first of all to the cello, which already in this early going is entrusted with a sizeable cadenza.
A bitter and spectacular cadenza is introduced in the coda, crystallizing the desperate character of the entire piece.
The first movement, 'Conflict', unfolds as follows: statement, development, counterstatement, cadenza, coda.
The third movement is reached with a bridging cadenza of ornate design for the solo violin.

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