Capriccio (music)

A or caprice (sometimes plural: caprices, capri or, in Italian, capricci), is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast,

Examples#

Charles-Valentin Alkan: Capriccio alla soldatesca (1859)
Fikret Amirov: Azerbaijan Capriccio (1961)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo a Capriccio Op.129 (in the style of a capriccio)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother. Partita no. 2 in C minor BWV 826, mvt. 6
Johannes Brahms: Capriccio in B minor (1878)
George Frideric Handel: Capriccio in G minor (HWV 483)
Leoš Janáček: Capriccio (1926)
György Ligeti: Due capricci (1947)
Pietro Locatelli: capricci for solo violin in L’arte del violino (1733)
Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso (1830), Capriccio Brillant (1832)
Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (1802–17)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra (1967)
Walter Piston: Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra (1963)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (1887)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice sur des airs danois et russes (1887)
Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
Francisco Tárrega: Capricho árabe (1892)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien (1880)
William Walton: Capriccio burlesco (1968)
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio in F major (ZWV 184)