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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
- Italian holiday island company adopting Channel Islands? It’s light-hearted stuff
- An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- Short lively piece of music with improvisation
Word definitions for capriccio in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Capriccio , Op. 85, 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 28 October 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss wrote the German ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick. 2 A fantastical thing or work; a caprice. 3 A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting. ...
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.