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Capriccio
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Caprice (Ital. for a sudden motion or fancy), a musical term for a lively composition of an original and fantastic nature, not following a set musical form, although the first known, written for the harpsichord, partook of the nature of a fugue. The word is also used for pieces of a fanciful type, in the nature of transcriptions and variations.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Capriccio'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/capriccio.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Capriccio'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/capriccio.html. 1910.