a piacere – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term a piacere in music:

literally "at pleasure"
freely (with freedom in tempo, rhythm, and expression)

Language

Italian

Variant

al piacere

Synonyms

a beneplacitoa piacimentoa suo arbitrioa suo beneplacitoa suo comodo

Music scores that include a piacere:

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: Violin Concerto No. 1 (ca. 1901) Page 5
Ernesto Cavallini: Adagio e Tarantella (ca. 1840) Page 1
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Page 5
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1903‑1905) Page 1
Léo Delibes: Les filles de Cadix (1874) Page 3
Mary Howe: Nocturne (1925) Page 2
Sergey Yevseyev: Poème héroïque (1925) Page 8

Italian musical terms related to a piacere:

a – at...
a beneplacito – literally "at one's pleasure"...
a capriccio – litteraly "at whim"...
a piacimento – literally "at pleasure"...
a volantà – literally "at will"...
arbitrario – arbitrary...
liberamente – freely (with freedom in tempo, rhythm, and express...
libero – free (for example, in tempo or rhythm)
piacere – literally "pleasure"...
piacimento – pleasure, satisfaction...
rubando – stealing, robbing...
rubato – literally "stolen"...
scioltamente – easily (with ease)...
si piace – literally "oneself pleases"...
spensieratamente – thoughtlessly, freely