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PASTICCIO , an See also:Italian word, now often Englished as " pastiche," formed from pasta, See also:paste, for a See also:composition in See also:music, See also:painting or other arts, made up of selections from fragments or imitations of the See also:work of other artists, a medley or pot-pourri . The See also:term has also been applied to a See also:form of musical composition in which selections from various operas, &c., are pieced together to form a consecutive whole, See also:special librettos being sometimes written for them . |
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