"Pasticcio" in Don Michael Randel, ed., The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, MA: Bellnap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986 (ISBN 0674615255), p. 614.
In the 18th century, operapasticcios were frequently made by composers as notable as George Frideric Handel (e.g.
The portions borrowed from other composers would be more or less freely adapted, especially in the case of arias in pasticciooperas by substituting a new text for the original one.
Although there were many operapasticcios in the 18th century, instrumental works would also sometimes be assembled from pre-existing compositions, a notable instance of this being the first four piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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