- Music. An instrumental work with an improvisatory style and a free form.
- A prank; a caper.
- A whim.
[Italian. See caprice.]
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[Italian. See caprice.]
Term for a variety of compositions usually showing some freedom of manner; Frescobaldi and others used it for a keyboard piece in a fugal texture, Brahms for a short piano piece, Paganini for a virtuoso violin study, Tchaikovksy for an orchestral work and Strauss for an opera. In the 18th century it often indicated an improvised cadenza. ‘A capriccio’ (‘following one's fancy’) is a performance instruction permitting a free and rhapsodic approach to tempo, and even style.
Opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Krauss and others (1942, Munich).
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
Capriccio could refer to:
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