After a brief bugle call, inspired by bugle call Tchaikovsky heard daily in his rooms at the Hotel Constanzi, next door to the barracks of the Royal Italian Cuirasseurs, a stoic, heroic, unsmiling melody is played by the strings. Eventually, this gives way to music sounding as if it could be played by an Italian street band, beginning in the winds and ending with the whole orchestra. Next, a lively march ensues, followed by a lively tarantella, a Cicuzza.
| Original Name | Capriccio Italien |
| Tempo | Andante un poco rubato—Pochissimo più mosso—Allegro moderato |
| Date of composition | 1880 |
| Premiered | 1880, December 18th in Moscow, Russia |
| First published | 1880 in Moscow, Russia |
| Dedicated to | Dedicated to Karl Davydov |
| Type | Caprice (Capriccio) |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | Op. 45 |
| Approx. duration | 16 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Italian Capriccio en la majeur, Op. 45 Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij: Italian Capriccio in la maggiore, Op. 45 Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski: Italian Capriccio A-dur, Op. 45 |