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CAPRICCIO, or CAPRICE (Ital. for a sudden motion or fancy)

CAPRICCIO, or CAPRICE (Ital. for a sudden
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MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
MOTION, LAWS OF
motion or
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FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)
fancy) , a musical

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TERM

term for a lively

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composition of an

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ORIGINAL

original and fantastic nature, not following a set musical

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form, although the first known, written for the

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HARPSICHORD, HARPSICON, DOUBLE VIRGINALS (Fr. clavecin; Ger. Clavicymbel, Kiel-Flugel; Ital. arpicordo, cembalo, davicembalo, gravecembalo; Dutch, davisinbal)

harpsichord, partook of the nature of a

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FUGUE (Lat. fuga, flight)

fugue . The word is also used for pieces of a fanciful type, in the nature of transcriptions and

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variations .

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