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What is a pasticcio?

What is a pasticcio? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A medley; an olio.
  2. (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  3. (art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
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It is possible that the serenata might be what is known as a pasticcio, or an assemblage of music by several composers.
Like fellow Beat Jedi Madlib, Spinna adhered to a jazz-based aesthetic but was willing to dig into other genre's for a pasticcio rewarding in its eclecticism.
In the following year he produced 'Piramo e Tisbe,' a pasticcio, which failed completely.
Pasticcio di Maccheroni is an excellent macaroni pie, and gnocchi di Patele are little knobs of paste boiled like macaroni.
He introduced a discordant pathological note, but the music of Richard Strauss may save his pasticcio.
His masses were pasticcio work made up of pieces selected from his operas and other compositions.

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