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passagework

pas sage work |ˈpasijˌwərk ˈpæsɪʤwərk | ▶noun music notable chiefly for the scope it affords for virtuoso playing: some of the passagework in early Beethoven is very awkward.

 

Oxford Dictionary

passagework

pas ¦sage |work |ˈpasɪdʒwəːk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] music notable chiefly for the scope it affords for virtuoso playing: some of the passagework in early Beethoven is very awkward.