capriccio n : an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation [also: capricci (pl)]

English

Noun

capriccio

1. A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
2. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.

Translations

type of painting

• Italian: capriccio

piece of music

• Italian: capriccio

Quotations

*2005 : Above the drawing-room fireplace there was a painting by Guardi, a capriccio of Venice in a gilt rococo frame [...]. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 5)

Italian

Noun

1. whim, fancy, caprice, quirk
2. tantrum
3. (music, painting) capriccio

Synonyms

• (tantrum) bizza

Related terms

• capriccioso
• incapricciarsi

Capriccio could refer to:

• A free-form, lively piece of music: see Capriccio (music).
• An opera by Richard Strauss: see Capriccio (opera).
• Igor Stravinsky's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra.
• Capriccio (painting), a type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
• A cappriccio (art term), an art term denoting the grotesque, playful, fantastic, transgressing the academic norms.
• A thread application programming interface for scalable internet services: see Capriccio (computing).