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Da Capo

D.C. — go back to the beginning, often "until Fine"

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Da capo (D.C.) means "from the head" — go back to the beginning. Two common variants: D.C. al fine returns to the start and plays until the mark Fine; D.C. al coda returns and then jumps to the coda at the sign.

It is everywhere in Baroque opera: an aria sings the A section, then B, then D.C. back to A, and the singer ornaments the repeat — the page says "once more", what you hear is "the same material performed a second time". This is where the term "da capo aria" comes from.

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Sources

  • da capo 及其 al fine / al coda 变体，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Da capo"；本文为原创表述

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