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Intermezzo
Italian - Early 18th century
Comic relief inserted between acts of opere serie in the early 18th century, typically involving slapstick, disguises etc. Spread throughout Europe In the 1730s. Predated Opera buffa. In French called Entr'acte, in German called Zwischenspiel.

Notable composers: Pergolesi, Hasse
Operas
Composers
Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
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