The Art of ‘Cooking’ a Pasticcio: Musical Recipes and Ingredients for Pasticcio Operas

Despite the rather pejorative implications that the musical pasticcio has today, it may have been an appreciated art form in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The term pasticcio is clearly derived from the culinary pasticcio, which was a highlight at aristocratic banquets in this time. The m...

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Main Author: Over Berthold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-12-01
Series:Musicology Today
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2021-0004