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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CADENCE (through the Fr. from the See also:Lat. cadentia, from cadere, to fall)  , a falling or sinking, especially as applied to rhythmical or musical sounds, as in the " fall " of the See also:voice in speaking, the See also:rhythm or measure of verses, See also:song or See also:dance . In See also:music, the word is used of the closing chords of a musical phrase, which succeed one another in such a way as to produce, first an expectation or suspense, and then an impression of finality, indicating also the See also:key strongly . " Cadenza," the See also:Italian See also:form of the same word, is used of a See also:free flourish in a vocal or instrumental See also:composition, introduced immediately before the See also:close of a See also:movement or at the end of the piece . The See also:object is to display the performer's technique, or to prevent too abrupt a contrast between two movements . Cadenzas are usually See also:left to the improvisation of the performer, but are sometimes written in full by the composer, or by some famous executant, as in the cadenza in See also:Brahms's See also:Violin See also:Concerto, written by See also:Joseph See also:Joachim .

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