farsetta

Definition of the Italian term farsetta in music:

farsa (Italian comic opera, typically in one act, popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries)

Language

Italian

Singular

farsetta

Plural

farsette

Synonym

farsa

Italian musical terms related to farsetta:

azione scenica – literally "stage action"...
azione teatrale – literally "theatrical action"...
burla – joke, prank...
burletta – light comic opera
commedia in musica – opera buffa (Italian genre of comic opera originat...
componimento da camera – literally "chamber composition"...
componimento drammatico – literally "dramatic composition"...
componimento pastorale – literally "pastoral composition"...
dramma bernesco – literally "burlesque drama"...
dramma comico – literally "comic drama"...
dramma eroicomico – literally "heroic-comic drama"...
dramma giocoso – literally "comic drama"...
dramma lirico – literally "lyric drama"...
dramma musicale – libretto or text written to be set to music...
dramma pastorale – literally "pastoral drama"...
dramma per musica – libretto or text written to be set to music...
dramma semiserio – literally "semi-serious drama"...
dramma tragicomico – literally "tragicomic drama"...
farsa – farce (style of humor characterized by exaggeratio...
festa teatrale – 18th-century genre of musical theater and opera (u...
grand opera – grand opera (genre of 19th-century opera, characte...
melodramma serio – literally "serious melodrama"...
opera – opera (genre)...
opera ballo – literally "dance opera"...
opera buffa – literally "comic opera"...
opera da camera – chamber opera (opera written to be performed with ...
opera eroica – literally "heroic opera"...
opera semiseria – literally "semi-serious opera"...
opera seria – literally "serious opera"...
operetta – operetta (opera of a lighter character, often with...
pasticcio – pastiche...
semi-opera – semi-opera
verismo – verismo (style of Italian opera)

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