Bravura

Bravura, an Italian word, in music applied to a composition as well as style of performance. As a composition, the bravura is a florid air or song, with many difficult and rapid passages, requiring great spirit and dexterity of execution. The intention of merely astonishing by execution has been carried to such an extent that it has brought this species of composition into undeserved discredit. The compositions of Mozart, for instance, give abundant proofs of how true artistic merit may be united with the bravura style.