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How to pronounce capriccio in English?

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Type of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

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Capriccio Espagnol is based on folk song but its structure is more rhapsodic.
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Capriccio had its premiere in the war-scarred Munich of 1942 and has only rarely been seen outside since.
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Capriccio is arguably weaker than The Love for Three Oranges.
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The effect, once again, will be a remarkable Classical sweep through time and place, a self-celebrating capriccio in 3D.
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Most of his works, specially those of ruins, have a fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of capriccio themes.
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  • An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
  • In painting, a capriccio (plural capricci, in older English works often anglicized as "caprice"), means especially an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological remains and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations, perhaps with staffage ...
  • One Piece is a shu014Dnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D...
  • A capriccio or caprice (sometimes plural: caprices, capri or, in Italian, capricci), is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast, intense, and often virtuosic in nature.
  • Capriccio, Op. 85, is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music". The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater Mu00FCnchen on 28 October 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss wrote the German libretto...
  • A capriccio (Italian: "following one's fancy") is a tempo marking indicating a free and approach to the tempo (and possibly the style) of the piece. This marking will usually modify another, such as lento a capriccio, often used in the Hungarian rhapsodies of Franz Liszt. ...
  • A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick; A fantastical thing or work; a caprice; A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting; A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character
  • An Italian term meaning a short, lively, lightweight piece, often for piano. The French term is 'Caprice'
  • A musical composition in various forms, usually lively and whimsical in spirit. Here, the term is used in describing the scent organ.