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What is a capriccio?

What is a capriccio? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
  4. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
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He trembled lest he should have been the plaything of a whim, for he had heard what a capriccio might mean in an Italian.
I worked at my capriccio all summer and finished it at the end of September.
The capriccio espagnole was given its premiere in st. petersburg in october of 1887, and was a tremendous success.
The capriccio, my latest composition, was already in demand in various towns.
A harpsichordist plays Bach's six-part capriccio in farewell to his brother, but her gloved fingers are drumming on sound-boxes.
With this capriccio Sinfonica Puccini made his first mark as a rising composer.

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