A Dictionary of the Drama a Guide to the Plays Play Wrights Players And Play
A Dictionary of the Drama a Guide to the Plays Play Wrights Players And Play
William Davenport Adams
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" For my own part, " writes Colraan the younger in his ' Random Records ' (1830), "the rooted notions of an old theatrical stager make it difficult for me to consider a, burletta otherwise than as a drama in rhyme, and which is entirely musical ; a short comic piece consisting of recitation ind singing, wholly accompanied more or less by the orchestra. " This view is main- tained by Charles Cowden Clarke, who, in Ithe ' Gentleman's Magazine ' (vol. 7, new series), says: "The 'burletta' (which m...eans nothing more than ' a little jest ') is jonfined simply to scenes of gay and sprightly humour. Its characteristics, like . Ts title, are diminutive ; moreover, it is iJways associated with music — it is, in ihort, a little comic opera, or musical farce. " \. T first the minor theatrical managers naintained the musical features of the ' burle\:ta ; " but those features Avere gradii- lUy reduced until they disappeared alto- gether, and the word "burletta" came to )e applied to any short dramatic piece, whether comic or romantic.
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