Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portion of a musical composition that permits a performer to make a display of technique, especially in the rapid execution of scales and arpeggios, and that has little thematic or structural importance to the whole.
- noun A musician's performance of this portion of a composition.
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- noun music An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a
scale ; or the performance of such a passage
Etymologies
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Examples
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That seemed to promise a slamming good time, and they did show off a spectacular minute of passagework that might have been subtitled Dueling Xylophones.
Brad Hill: Review: London Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall Brad Hill 2011
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That seemed to promise a slamming good time, and they did show off a spectacular minute of passagework that might have been subtitled Dueling Xylophones.
Brad Hill: Review: London Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall Brad Hill 2011
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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That seemed to promise a slamming good time, and they did show off a spectacular minute of passagework that might have been subtitled Dueling Xylophones.
Brad Hill: Review: London Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall Brad Hill 2011
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As Costanza, mezzo Isabel Leonard was the most affecting of the singers, with consistent vocal production, smooth legato and elegant florid passagework.
The Tests of Patience Heidi Waleson 2011
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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The piano part is Herculean in its running passagework, but everyone gets a workout in this pinnacle of early Romantic era chamber music.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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