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Definition of Burletta
1. n. A comic operetta; a music farce.
Definition of Burletta
1. Noun. A comic operetta; a musical farce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burletta
1. a musical farce [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burletta
Literary usage of Burletta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1778)
"... it is, however, calculated to afford variety of entertainment. Poor Vulcan !
a burletta in T<w» Afli, as performed at tie ..."
2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"... in every respect, for the legitimate drama than the winter theatres) baa been,
since that period, opened under an annual license for burletta, ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Chatterton by Thomas Chatterton, George Gregory (1803)
"A burletta. 1770. DISTORT Mr. BANNISTER. COUNCELLOR LATITAT . Mr. REINHOLD.
ENDORSE Master CHENEY. LADY TEMPEST . . . Mr. THOMPSON. ..."
4. The Art of Playwriting: Being a Practical Treatise on the Elements of by Alfred Hennequin (1890)
"(2.) That in which insignificant characters are represented as performing acts
pertaining to heroic personages. 9. The burletta. — This term, which properly ..."
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