A sainete (farce or titbit) was a popular Spanish comic opera piece, a one-act dramatic vignette, with music. It was often placed at the end of entertainments, or between other types of performance. It was
vernacular in style, and used scenes of low life. Active from the 18th to 20th centuries, it superseded the
entremés. Among its most prolific composers were
Ramón de la Cruz and
Antonio Soler.
The genre, known as the ' was also found in
Catalonia, with composers such as
Josep Ribas
Josep Ribas (1882–1934) was a Catalan composer.
He is best remembered today for the Catalan-language sainet
A sainete (farce or titbit) was a popular Spanish comic opera piece, a one-act dramatic vignette, with music. It was often placed at the ...
contributing Catalan-language .
Sainetes began to be developed into
zarzuelas
() is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ...
in Cuba around 1850.
[Carpentier, Alejo 2001 ]945
Year 945 ( CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown barely ...
''Music in Cuba''. Minneapolis MN. p232
See also
*
Cuban musical theatre
References
Musical theatre
Theatrical genres
History of theatre
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