passagework
noun
pas·sage·work
ˈpa-sij-ˌwərk 
: a section of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and consisting especially of ornamental figures
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His swirling passagework dazzles with virtuosity, and the cadenza is appealingly rhapsodic.
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Dallas News, 29 June 2022
Declarative episodes were vigorous without being forced, and nimble passagework was dispatched with a feathery touch.
—Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
A certain rhythmic freedom in some of his first-movement passagework felt new to his interpretation of this perennial favorite.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Connolly’s regal tone and Rae’s nuanced passagework partly redeemed these regressive conceptions.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
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Dallas News, 29 June 2022
Declarative episodes were vigorous without being forced, and nimble passagework was dispatched with a feathery touch.
—Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
A certain rhythmic freedom in some of his first-movement passagework felt new to his interpretation of this perennial favorite.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Connolly’s regal tone and Rae’s nuanced passagework partly redeemed these regressive conceptions.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
See all Example Sentences for passagework
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“Passagework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passagework. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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