DACAPO
Da capo
Da Capo is a musical term in
Italian, meaning from the beginning, often abbreviated D.C.. It is a
composer or publisher's directive to repeat the previous part of music. In small pieces this might be the same thing as a
repeat, but in larger works D.C. might occur after one or more repeats of small sections, indicating a return to the very beginning. The resulting structure of the piece is generally in
ternary form. Sometimes the
composer describes the part to be repeated, for example: Menuet da capo. In
opera, where an aria of this structure is called a
da capo aria, the repeated section is often adorned with
grace notes.
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dacapo
adj.
dacapo, from the beginning (music)
dacapo
n.
da capo, start again from the beginning (musical instruction)
Dacapo
From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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DACAPO
Broad-range hardware specification language. "Mixed Level Modelling and Simulation of VLSI Systems", F.J. Rammig in Logic Design and Simulation, E. Horbst ed, N-H 1986.
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