pasticcio
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In music, a pasticcio or pastiche is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, or inauthentic.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Etymology
- In opera
- In instrumental music
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- Notes
- Bibliography
In music, a pasticcio or pastiche is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, or inauthentic.
==Etymology==
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