Advertisement

Advertisement

da capo

[ dah kah-poh; Italian dah kah-paw ]

adjective

  1. repeated from the beginning (used as a musical direction).


noun

  1. a section of music that is to be repeated from the beginning.

da capo

/ dɑː ˈkɑːpəʊ /

adjective

  1. music to be repeated (in whole or part) from the beginning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of da capo1

1715–25; < Italian: literally, from the head; da, chief
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of da capo1

C18: from Italian, literally: from the head
Discover More

Example Sentences

Reprinted courtesy of Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.

Cami Walker is the author of 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2009).

The baron's fire was just in this delightful da capo condition, most favorable of all to the enjoyment of the dolce far niente.

At the conclusion of the opera the same scene occurred, and the house rang with cries of da capo Jessonda!

Gluck abolished the Da Capo Aria, because it was unfit for dramatic music.

And so Da Capo—to any tune which happened to occur to them in their semi-regal license of King's free guardsmen.

I mean of course it's all pom pom pom very much what they call da capo.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


DACAdacarbazine