Lexic.us

Definition of Capriccio

1. Noun. An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation.

Definition of Capriccio

1. n. A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

Definition of Capriccio

1. Noun. A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick. ¹

2. Noun. A fantastical thing or work; a caprice. ¹

3. Noun. A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting. ¹

4. Noun. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Capriccio

1. caprice [n -CI or -CIOS] - See also: caprice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capriccio

Literary usage of Capriccio

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

1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"The treatment of the capriccio, or caprice, assumes no fixed form or style, the composer being free to turn and twist and caper with his subject or his ..."

2. The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman: Now First Collected by George Chapman (1873)
"capriccio. HOw hard this world is to a man of wit 1 hee muft eate through maine Rockes for his food, or faft; ..."

3. The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Treatise on the by Percy Goetschius (1898)
"THE TOCCATA, capriccio, SCHERZO, ETC. 1 33a. When the motive or figure, upon which the "figuration" or dissolution of the harmony is to be based, ..."

4. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"THE CARPENTER'S WIFE: A capriccio "Habent sua fata — feminae." ALTHOUGH the Pilgrims' Way is a shady arcade, yet the ascent from Vicenza was steep enough to ..."

5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"In Music, much the same as capriccio (fv), but generally involving more execution. .... capriccio ..."

6. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"Pastorale e capriccio SCARLATTI-TAUSIG Here is, for those who like the antique, a fine example of abstract music taken from the old Italian Maestro, ..."

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