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The New International Encyclopædia/Coda

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Edition of 1905. See also Coda (music) on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

CODA (It., tail, end). The concluding passage of a musical composition. Originally a single phrase intended as a winding-up cadence, it grew in importance in the sonata, rondo, etc., becoming in some cases an independent movement.