Definition of Capricci

1. capriccio [n] - See also: capriccio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capricci

cappuccino
cappuccinos
caprate
caprates
capreolate
capreoline
capreomycidine
capreomycin
capreomycin N-acetyltransferase
capreomycin O-phosphotransferase
capreomycin sulfate
capreomycins
capri pants
capric
capric acid
capricci (current term)
capriccio
capriccios
capriccioso
caprice
caprices
capricious
capriciously
capriciousness
caprid
caprids
caprification
caprifications
caprified
caprifies

Literary usage of Capricci

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... but they also include two books of organ pieces, one described in the title as containing Ricercate, Canzone francese, capricci, Canti fermi, Gagliarde, ..."

2. Success in Music and how it is Won by Henry Theophilus Finck, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1909)
"When his twenty-four capricci per il violino solo, dedicati agli artisti did appear, in 1831, they created a sensation. Liszt, as we have seen, was inspired ..."

3. The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"of I capricci del Bottaio, which I consulted in the edition in the ... On the place of the capricci in the debate about language, see Robert A. Hall Jr., ..."

4. Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists by Thomas Lamb Phipson (1877)
"... rapid and exact ^staccato, As a proof of the wonderful execution of Ole Bull we may mention that he played the whole of Paganini's Twenty-four capricci* ..."

5. Catalogue of the Fejérváry Ivories: In the Museum of Joseph Mayer by Joseph Mayer, Gábor Fejérváry, Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky (1856)
"... 1549 25 1l Gelli (QB) I capricci del Bottaio, woodcut porti-.lit in old calf, with the arms of Castile and Leon stamped in gold on sides ivi, ..."

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