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  • Owner Stratis Morfogen opened a Philippe there late last fall, a quarter mile off of the Long Island Expressway in a location belonging to a restaurant called Capriccio that had originally been there for 35 years.

    Pit Stop to Hamptons 2011

  • It's more indebted to Tchaikovsky than anyone else, and less revealing of the later composer than the curious Caprice Bohémien, otherwise known as the Capriccio on Gypsy Themes.

    Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 etc - review 2011

  • A concert of tritone music was booed off the stage in Vienna, at the Salon des Indépendents in Paris a pelagic painting called Capriccio en Bleu was slashed by an unidentified perpetrator; salamandrism was simply victorious, and its rise was unstoppable.

    The War with the Newts 2006

  • (Soundbite of music, "Capriccio") LUNDEN: It turns into a wistful jazz waltz.

    Brad Mehldau: Beyond The Boundaries Of Jazz 2010

  • (Soundbite of music, "Capriccio") Mr. MEHLDAU: ... you know, just put in a different rhythmic context.

    Brad Mehldau: Beyond The Boundaries Of Jazz 2010

  • So, for instance, on one called "Capriccio," there's sort of this ...

    Brad Mehldau: Beyond The Boundaries Of Jazz 2010

  • (Soundbite of music, "Capriccio") Mr. MEHLDAU: The opening of that melody is really, literally ...

    Brad Mehldau: Beyond The Boundaries Of Jazz 2010

  • Strauss 'final opera, "Capriccio," written after von Hofmannsthal had died, addressed the question of libretto versus music directly.

    Strauss Lyricist's Family Sues for Opera Royalties 2007

  • In the song "Capriccio," he adds, the simple opening melody is put in a different rhythmic context.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • She also appears at the Vienna State Opera in performances of Strauss '"Capriccio" and at the Zurich Opera in Verdi's "La Traviata" and Strauss'"Der Rosenkavalier."

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Vail Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com Vai 2010

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