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noun
1.
Music.
a.
a composition in fanciful or irregular form or style.
b.
a potpourri of well-known airs arranged with interludes and florid embellishments.
2.
fantasy (def. 9).
3.
something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque.
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Fantasia
is always a great word to know.
So is cadence. Does it mean:
| sequence of notes or chords indicating completion of a composition, section, phrase |
| tone lowered a half step in pitch |
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World English Dictionary
| fantasia (fænˈteɪzɪə, ˌfæntəˈzɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any musical composition of a free or improvisatory nature |
| 2. | a potpourri of popular tunes woven freely into a loosely bound composition |
| 3. | another word for fancy |
| [C18: from Italian: fancy; see | |
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Word Origin & History
fantasia
"musical composition that sounds extemporaneous," 1724, from It. fantasia, from L. phantasia (see fantasy).
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