capriccio for violin and piano
| OPUS NUMBER | - |
| BURGHAUSER CATALOGUE NUMBER | 81 |
| COMPOSED | June (?) 1878 (revision: 1892) |
| PREMIERE - DATE AND PLACE | (?) 22 May 1886, Plzen |
| PREMIERE - PERFORMER(S) | (?) Josef Becvar, Jakub Tichy |
| FIRST EDITION | Editio Supraphon, 1975, Praha |
| MAIN KEY |
C major
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| DURATION | approx. 10 min. |
| Capriccio is a short work which, due to the unwarranted uniformity of its ideas, is not one of the composer’s strongest works. While set within a rondo framework, it is more akin to a piece of loose improvisation. As an occasional work it practically never appears in the repertoire. |