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Definition of Pasticcio
1. n. A medley; an olio.
Definition of Pasticcio
1. a pastiche [n -CIOS or -CI] - See also: pastiche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasticcio
Literary usage of Pasticcio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellaneous Studies in the History of Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1921)
"However, it is easily seen that a pasticcio may be made up either from different
works by one composer only, or from the works by two or more composers, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Thus, the cover of a book may be the pasticcio of a mosaic pavement. PASTORINI,
PASTORI- NO ; painter, glass painter ; b. 1508- d. 1592. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"It is not at all necessary that the Movements contained in a pasticcio should
all be by the same 'Composer. As a general rule, they are not ; and no attempt ..."
4. The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell by William Jesse (1844)
"... screen—Destined for the Duchess of York—Description of this pasticcio—The six
compartments—The elephant and Napoleon—Portraits of the Beau's friends—His ..."
5. The Story of Opera by Ernest Markham Lee (1909)
"Operetta — Musical comedy — Ballad opera— Masque — Ballet — Objections thereto —
Curiosities of construction — pasticcio — Mixed language — Stereotyped ..."
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