Kadenz – Definition in music

Definition of the German term Kadenz in music:

cadence (harmonic or melodic)
cadenza (virtuoso solo passage, often ornamented and typically intended as a display of technical skill)

Language

German

Singular

Kadenz

Plural

Kadenzen

Variant

Cadenz

German musical terms that include Kadenz:

Halbkadenz – half cadence, imperfect cadence (cadence ending on...
Mittelkadenz – cadence dividing the first and second part of a pa...
Trugkadenz – deceptive cadence, interrupted cadence (cadence in...

Music scores that include Kadenz:

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1903‑1905) Page 2
Niccolò Paganini: Sonata concertata (1803) Page 2

German musical terms related to Kadenz:

authentische Kadenz – authentic cadence, full cadence (cadence in which ...
authentischer Schluss – authentic cadence, full cadence (cadence in which ...
Ganzschluss – authentic cadence, full cadence (cadence in which ...
Halbschluss – half cadence, imperfect cadence (cadence ending on...
kadenzartig – like a cadence
Kirchenschluss – plagal cadence (colloquial languauge)
plagale Kadenz – plagal cadence (cadence in which the subdominant i...
plagaler Schluss – plagal cadence (cadence in which the subdominant i...
Plagalschluss – plagal cadence (cadence in which the subdominant i...
Schluss – end (the very end of something)...
Schlussfall – cadence
Tonschluss – cadence
Trugschluss – deceptive cadence, interrupted cadence (cadence in...
unvollkommene Kadenz – half cadence, imperfect cadence (cadence ending on...
vollkommene Kadenz – perfect cadence (cadence in which the dominant is ...