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| gloomily or sullenly ill-humored; characterized by or gloom |
| feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful |
An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.”
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coda
in musical composition, a concluding section (typically at the end of a sonata movement) that is based, as a general rule, on extensions or reelaborations of thematic material previously heard.
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