pasticcio

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Operas known as pasticcios were popular in the Baroque era, often featuring music by several composers, with plot, action and libretto altered at whim.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2012

In particular, operas known as pasticcios staged in the 17th and 18th centuries were freewheeling hodgepodges, offering fast-paced spectacles of music by several composers, with plot, action and libretto altered at whim.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2010

Now pasticcios are taking on new life, in mighty operatic precincts as well as in humbler ones.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2010

He is a Dante, a Milton, a Michael Angelo, a Raphael: his hand will not labour on what the Italians call pasticcios; and he remains not unimitated but inimitable.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Precise figures are impossible as there is no means of drawing the line between pasticcios and original works.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various