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Original

Commedia Lazzi. Edward Cowie. Guitar sheet music.

Translation

Comedy Jokes. Edward Cowie. Guitar sheet music.

Original

Commedia Lazzi. for guitar. Composed by Edward Cowie. For guitar. This edition. ED 12080. Guitar. Plucked Instruments. Composed 1980. 20 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Published by Schott Music. SD.49030266. ISBN 9790220130458. This work is the fourth of a set of pieces composed after the opera 'Commedia'. These guitar pieces follow in the tradition of the old 'lazzi' from the seventeenth-century Commedia dell'Arte. they are show-pieces and are also an attempt to illustrate some of the characteristics of the players in the opera. I Harlequin's Suicide lazzi. II Columbine's Dance lazzi. III Pantalone's Love-potion lazzi. IV Contessa's Lamentation lazzi. V Zanni's lazzi.

Translation

Comedy Jokes. for guitar. Composed by Edward Cowie. For guitar. This edition. ED 12080. Guitar. Plucked Instruments. Composed 1980. 20 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Published by Schott Music. SD.49030266. ISBN 9790220130458. This work is the fourth of a set of pieces composed after the opera 'Commedia'. These guitar pieces follow in the tradition of the old 'lazzi' from the seventeenth-century Commedia dell'Arte. they are show-pieces and are also an attempt to illustrate some of the characteristics of the players in the opera. The Harlequin's Suicide jokes. Columbine II's Dance jokes. III Pantalone's Love-potion lazzi. IV Contessa's Lamentation jests. V Zanni's lazzi.