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cadenza
/kəˈdɛnzə/
noun 1verb 1
Collocations
3VERB + CADENZA
mistaking
CADENZA + NOUN
decadence
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza.
verb
1
To become agitated or excited.
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Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous
Wiktionary02
Mistaking cadenza with decadence would be a great mistake.
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