A capriccio
A capriccio [a kkaˈprittʃo] (Italian: "following one's fancy") is a tempo marking indicating a free and capricious 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. Perhaps the most famous piece to use the term is Ludwig van Beethoven's Rondò a capriccio (Op. 129), better known as Rage Over a Lost Penny.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Capriccio". |
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Look up a capriccio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- "Capriccio, a", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 28 April 2006)
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