"Who, in 1887, composed the symphonic poem ""Capriccio Espagnol""?"
Capriccio Espagnol Capriccio Espagnol Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for a five movement orchestral suite, based on Spanish folk melodies, composed by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887. Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work would do better justice to the lively melodies. The Russian title is Каприччио на испанские темы (literally, Capriccio on Spanish Themes). The work has five movements, divided into two parts comprising the first three and the latter two movements respectively.. A complete performance of the "Capriccio" takes around
Capriccio Espagnol for putting in use multiform orchestral effects. All in all, the "Capriccio" is undoubtedly a purely external piece, but vividly brilliant for all that. It was a little less successful in its third section (Alborada, in B-flat major), where the brasses somewhat drown the melodic designs of the woodwinds; but this is very easy to remedy, if the conductor will pay attention to it and moderate the indications of the shades of force in the brass instruments by replacing the fortissimo by a simple forte. Capriccio Espagnol Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for a five movement