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da ca·po

 (dä kä′pō)
adv. Abbr. DC Music
From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.
[Italian : da, from + capo, head.]
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da capo

(dɑː ˈkɑːpəʊ)
adj, adv
(Classical Music) music to be repeated (in whole or part) from the beginning
Abbreviation: DC
[C18: from Italian, literally: from the head]
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da ca•po

(dɑ ˈkɑ poʊ)
adv., adj.
repeated from the beginning (used as a musical direction).
[1715–25; < Italian: literally, from the head]
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da capo

repeat from beginning
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Translations

da capo

adv (Mus) → da capo, noch einmal
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I'm Allegro da Capo, a very famous man; Just find another, high or low, to match me if you can.
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In the last verse of the first paragraph, however, after hailing his deepest thought, he cries: "Disgust, disgust, disgust!" We know Nietzsche's ideal man was that "world-approving, exuberant, and vivacious creature, who has not only learnt to compromise and arrange with that which was and is, but wishes to have it again, AS IT WAS AND IS, for all eternity insatiably calling out da capo, not only to himself, but to the whole piece and play" (see Note on Chapter XLII.).
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Hereupon a glorious shouting, a rapping, a jingling, a clattering, and a shouting, with plentiful da capo, pleasanter than a strain of sublimest music in the ears that receive such a tribute for the first time.
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The three day event is back for the 11th year with 3 music stages and performances from major stars like Kwesta, A-Reece, Boity, Moozlie, Zakes Bantwini, Da Capo, Sho Madjozi and many more.
Karun to perform at the Homecoming Festival in South Africa
On Saturday May 4 at 5:00 pm, Da Capo Music Studio in Elburn will host a solo recital to raise money for the Kaneland Harter Middle School Band Program.
Fundraising Recital for Kaneland Harter Middle School Band
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SOUTHWELL Sunday
The music is dull, too, with many da capo arias and little variation.
University of Toronto Opera
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