Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Atto di cadenza
Atto di cadenza. (I.) An act of cadence This expression denotes that disposition of the parts which indicates a cadence; as when, a the end of a strain, the bass rises a fourth, or falls a fifth.
Atto di cadenza. (I.) An act of cadence This expression denotes that disposition of the parts which indicates a cadence; as when, a the end of a strain, the bass rises a fourth, or falls a fifth.