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Capriccio   Listen
noun
Capriccio  n.  
1.
(Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; often called caprice.
2.
A caprice; a freak; a fancy.





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"Capriccio" Quotes from Famous Books



... on his head a coronal of snowy plumes. Before each mounted masquer rode a torch-bearer, whose right hand waved a scourge of flame, instead of a leathern thong. In a gorgeous chariot, preceded by a long train of heralds, were exhibited the Dramatis Personae—Honor, Plutus, Eunomia, Phemeis, Capriccio—arrayed in their appointed costumes; and it was rumored that the golden canopy of their coach had been bought for an enormous sum. Two other triumphal cars conveyed the twelve chief musicians of the kingdom, and these masters of melody were ...
— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson


Words linked to "Capriccio" :   piece, opus, piece of music, composition, musical composition


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