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Lively composition
Answer for the clue "Lively composition ", 9 letters:
capriccio
Alternative clues for the word capriccio
- When one fools contraltos I encountered in company producing Strauss opera
- Short lively piece of music with improvisation
- Italian holiday island company adopting Channel Islands? It’s light-hearted stuff
- Free instrumental composition, played with improvisation
- An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- Model exuding energy and bit of chic I love in free work?
Word definitions for capriccio in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In painting, a capriccio (, plural: capricci ; in older English works often anglicized as "caprice") means an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological ruins and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations, ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation [also: capricci (pl)]
Usage examples of capriccio.
Michelangelo che abbiam descritto, quel bello e marziale aspetto che natura qualche volta prodiga ad un individuo colla sua capricciosa e maestra mano: capriccio, forse ingiustizia relativamente ai molti che non ricevono tale favore, ma dono che noi ammiriamo sempre con piacere nella persona amata, con odio, nel caso contrario.
The friar and Matilda had often sung duets together, and had been accustomed to the baron's chiming in with a stormy capriccio, which was usually charmed into silence by some sudden turn in the witching melodies of Matilda.
E penso che sia stato fermato da un gruppetto di persone riunite da un capriccio del destino.