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Synonyms for capriccio

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-pree-chee-oh; Italian kah-preet-chaw
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpri tʃiˌoʊ; Italian kɑˈprit tʃɔ


Définition of capriccio

Origin :
  • 1690s as a term in music for a kind of free composition, from Italian capriccio "sudden start or motion" (see caprice). Earlier it meant "prank, trick" (1660s); "caprice" (c.1600).
  • As in fantasia : noun rhapsody
Example sentences :
  • A Sonata Brilliant and a Capriccio are among her best works.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Work in Music » by Arthur Elson
  • I devoted most of 1929 to the composition of my Capriccio, which I had begun the Christmas before.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Igor Stravinsky
  • I worked at my Capriccio all summer and finished it at the end of September.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Igor Stravinsky
  • The Capriccio, my latest composition, was already in demand in various towns.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Igor Stravinsky
  • Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo .
  • Extract from : « Bach » by Charles Francis Abdy Williams
  • With this Capriccio Sinfonica Puccini made his first mark as a rising composer.
  • Extract from : « Giacomo Puccini » by Wakeling Dry
  • A capriccio on the German flute, by a distinguished amateur, who has lost four fingers and a thumb.
  • Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
  • “Capriccio in B-flat on the departure of a friend,” said he, continuing his noiseless evolutions.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • He trembled lest he should have been the plaything of a whim, for he had heard what a capriccio might mean in an Italian.
  • Extract from : « Albert Savarus » by Honore de Balzac
  • Ad libitum means at liberty; a piacere, at pleasure; and a capriccio, at the caprice (of the performer).
  • Extract from : « Music Notation and Terminology » by Karl W. Gehrkens

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