capriccio
/kuh-pree-chee-oh; Italian kah-preet-chaw/US // kəˈpri tʃiˌoʊ; Italian kɑˈprit tʃɔ //UK // (kəˈprɪtʃɪˌəʊ) //
随想曲,绮想曲,绮丽曲,绮丽花
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n.名词 noun
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plural ca·pric·ci·os, ca·pric·ci [kuh-pree-chee; Italian kah-preet-chee]. /kəˈpri tʃi; Italian kɑˈprit tʃi/.
- : Music. a composition in a free, irregular style.
- : a caper; prank.
- : a whim; caprice.
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Examples
A capriccio on the German flute, by a distinguished amateur, who has lost four fingers and a thumb.
I had in mind the definition of a capriccio given by Praetorius, the celebrated musical authority of the eighteenth century.
That is why I wrote another concerto, which I called Capriccio, that name seeming to indicate best the character of the music.
The Brussels concert at which I played my Capriccio, which was repeated on the following day, has left a very pleasant memory.
An adagio may set a gouty father to sleep, and a capriccio may operate successfully on the nerves of a valetudinary mother.
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