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Music

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, intense, and often virtuoso, virtuo ...

, a piece of music which is fairly free in form *

Fantasia in C major (Haydn) Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII/4, "''Capriccio''", was written by Joseph Haydn. It is based on the Austrian folk song ' ("The farmer's wife has lost her cat"). In March 1789, he wrote to the publishing company Artaria, saying, "In a moment of gr ...

, "Capriccio", a 1789 piano composition by Joseph Haydn *

Capriccio (Janáček) 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 ...

, a chamber music composition by Leoš Janáček *

Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra The Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra was written by Igor Stravinsky in Nice between 1926 and 1929. The score was revised in 1949. Stravinsky designed the Capriccio to be a virtuosic vehicle which would allow him to earn a living from playing the ...

, a 1929 composition for piano and orchestra by Stravinsky * ''Capriccio'' (opera), a 1942 opera by Richard Strauss *

Capriccio (record label) Capriccio is a formerly German, now Austrian, classical music record label. The original Capriccio label was founded in the 1980s and was until 2010 part of Delta-Music GmbH a German record company located in Großkönigsdorf, Frechen near Col ...

, an Austrian classical music record label

Films

* ''Capriccio'' (1938 film), a German historical comedy * ''Capriccio'' (1972 film), by

Carmelo Bene Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. In 1968, his movie Our Lady ...

* ''Capriccio'' (1987 film), by Tinto Brass

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Capriccio (art) In painting, a capriccio (, plural: ''capricci'' ; in older English works often anglicized as "caprice") is an Architecture, architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, Archaeology, archaeological ruins and other architectural elements in ...

, in painting an architectural fantasy * ''Capriccio'' (Rex Whistler), a 1936-1938 mural by Rex Whistler at Plas Newydd, Anglesey * ''Capriccio'', 1990 collection of poems by

Ted Hughes Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He wa ...

* ''Capriccio'', 2003 manga series volume, see list of ''One Piece'' chapters (187–388)

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