pasticcio
Americannoun
plural
pasticciEtymology
Origin of pasticcio
1700–10; < Italian < Vulgar Latin pastīcium pasty, pie, derivative of Late Latin pasta; see paste
Example Sentences
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Fabio Biondi conducts the excellent period-instrument orchestra Europa Galante in a fiery, vivacious performance of a pasticcio opera that was popular in its day, then forgotten.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012
A pasticcio, recycling music from Vivaldi's earlier operas and those of his contemporaries, L'Oracolo in Messenia was first performed in 1738, and revised four years later.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2012
Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images First performed in Venice in 1732, L'Oracolo in Messenia is a pasticcio – a work assembled from existing music, not all of it, in this instance, Vivaldi's own.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2012
The pasticcio version by Musica Nuova ends with a satirical twist.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2012
Carlyle has shewn p. 137great sagacity in guessing at the localities from the vague descriptions of contemporaries: and his short pasticcio of the battle is the best I have seen.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis
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