da capo

Adverb

Meaning

(music) From the beginning.

from scratch

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Examples

My Autobiography, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1928. Reprinted in Benito Mussolini, My Rise And Fall, Volumes 1-2 Da Capo Press, 1998 (p.40). Benito Mussolini

By 1686 he had definitely established the "Italian overture" form (second edition of Dal male il bene), and had abandoned the ground bass and the binary form air in two stanzas in favour of the ternary form or da capo type of air. Source: Internet

Binary form arias were in two sections (A–B); arias in ternary form (A–B–A) were known as da capo arias (literally 'from the head', i.e. with the opening section repeated, often in a highly decorated manner). Source: Internet

Opera seria was elevated in tone and highly stylised in form, usually consisting of secco recitative interspersed with long da capo arias. Source: Internet

Sometimes the composer describes the part to be repeated, for example: Menuet da capo. Source: Internet

The da capo reprise is, in Bruckner's early symphonies, ending with a short, powerful coda. Source: Internet

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