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pasticcio
pasticcio (It.). Pie, pasty.
1. A dramatic entertainment with songs, ensembles, dances, and other items assembled from the works of several composers, thus giving the audience a medley of their favourite tunes. Popular in 18th cent., e.g. Thomyris (1707). 2. An opera in which each act is by a different composer, e.g. Muzio Scevola (1721) by Amadei, Bononcini, and Handel. 3. Instr. comp. containing different sections or items by different composers, e.g. Diabelli's Väterlandischer Künstlerverein (1823–4), containing variations by 50 composers; the Hexaméron (1837), and L'Éventail de Jeanne (1927). |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pasticcio.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pasticcio.html |
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pasticcio hotchpotch, pot-pourri; work of art made up of fragments of an original. XVIII. — It. pasticcio pie, pasty, etc.:- Rom. *pastīcius, f. late L. pasta PASTE.
So pastiche XIX. — F. — It. pasticcio. |
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T. F. HOAD. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pasticcio.html T. F. HOAD. "pasticcio." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pasticcio.html |
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pasticcio. As pastiche.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pasticcio." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pasticcio." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-pasticcio.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pasticcio." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-pasticcio.html |
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pasticcio •gazpacho, macho
•nacho • pasticcio • honcho • gaucho
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"pasticcio." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pasticcio." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pasticcio.html "pasticcio." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pasticcio.html |
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