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bravura

Posted on December 2, 2013November 18, 2013 by admin

brə vyu rə

noun
1. a musical piece or passage requiring great spirit or expertise of the performer.
“She raised the piano-cover and began playing a dashing bravura that was strikingly out of place in the dismantled room, then she closed the piano-lid with a slam.”
2. a display of such spirit or expertise.
“Every note and finger must be in place, every mark of phrasing obeyed; but during practise hours you need not give the piece all its dashing vigor and bravura at every repetition. Such a course would soon exhaust the player.”

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