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Short lively piece of music with improvisation
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capriccio
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The Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble (sometimes titled Defiance , in Czech : Vzdor ) is a composition by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček . The work was written in the autumn of 1926 and is remarkable not just in the context of Janáček's ...
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n. an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation [also: capricci (pl)]
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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.