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1.49 caesura
ES: cesura, I: cesura, F: césure, D: Zäsur, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: välimerkki.
[Latin: from the supine of caedere ‘to cut down’]
The break between two musical phrases, sometimes (but not always) marked by a rest or a breath mark.