Capriccio
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Capriccio may refer to:
- A capriccioA capriccioA capriccio is a tempo marking indicating a free and capricious approach to the tempo of the piece. This marking will usually modify another, such as lento a capriccio, often used in the Hungarian rhapsodies of Franz Liszt...
, a tempo marking - Capriccio (Janáček)Capriccio (Janácek)The Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble is a composition by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The work was written in the autumn of 1926 and is remarkable not just in the context of Janáček's output, but it also occupies an exceptional position in the literature written for piano...
, a chamber music composition - Capriccio (music)Capriccio (music)A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
, a piece of music which is fairly free in form - Capriccio (opera)Capriccio (opera)Capriccio is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music". The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater München on October 28, 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss himself wrote the German libretto...
, a 1942 German-language opera by Richard Strauss - Capriccio (painting)Capriccio (painting)In painting, a capriccio , means especially an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological remains and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations, perhaps with staffage of figures. It fits under the more general term of landscape painting...
, a painted architectural fantasy