Capriccio sinfonico (Symphonic Caprice)

Composer: PUCCINI, Giacomo
  • Puccini’s single-movement orchestral work, Capriccio sinfonico, was the composer’s graduation composition that ultimately awarded him his diploma from the Milan Conservatory in 1883.1
    • While in his professional career, Puccini would devote himself essentially exclusively to writing opera, this early orchestral work holds significance as not only the composer’s final piece for orchestra but also as early source material for La bohème).2
  • *A caprice is a lively, loosely structured composition that is often light-hearted or humorous in character.3

Sources

  1. Claudio Sartori, “Giacomo Puccini,” Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), accessed January 21, 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giacomo-Puccini.
  2. Dieter Schickling, “Foreword,” Carus: Puccini: Capriccio sinfonico, accessed January 21, 2024, https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien//10/1620500/1620500x.pdf.
  3. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “capriccio.” Encyclopedia Britannica (2007), accessed January 21, 2025, https://www.britannica.com/art/capriccio-music.

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