Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

cassation

 
Dictionary: cas·sa·tion   (kă-sā'shən) pronunciation

n.
Abrogation or annulment by a higher authority.

[Middle English cassatioun, from Old French cassation, from Late Latin cassātiō, cassātiōn-, from cassātus, past participle of cassāre, to annul. See quash1.]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Music Encyclopedia: Cassation
Top

Term of uncertain derivation used by Haydn, Mozart and others for pieces resembling a serenade or divertimento.



 
 

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Music Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music. Copyright © 1994 by Oxford University Press, Inc.. All rights reserved.  Read more