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cadenza

 (n): a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
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5 months ago reesetee said:

It is if you whistle it the right way.

5 months ago sionnach said:

You mean this is *not* an article of furniture?

5 months ago chained_bear said:

"There was no point in preparing a careful, ordered statement; everything would depend on the first moments, on the presence or absence of French officers, on his reception; and from that point on it would be an improvisation, a cadenza. He whistled the Montserrat Salve Regina, embroidering the theme." --Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 254

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