ODD OCTOBER: Day 4 DUETTO BUFFO DI DUE GATTI — UNKNOWN On [a] cat-related note, this 1800s art song also seems worthy of the weird crown, this time because of its unorthodox lyrics and musical humor. Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti, which roughly translates to humorous duet for two cats, seems to tell the story of two cats meeting, lashing out at each other, and eventually making friends in an operatically styled duet using only the word meow (spelled miau in most scores). Though the work was originally published unattributed, conventional wisdom seems to point to Barber of Seville composer Gioachino Rossini as either the composer or a target of the works parody due to its heavy appropriation of the famous vocal writers compositional idioms. quoted from Lawrence, N.B. from 10 Really weird pieces of classical music. mentalfloss/article/54441/10-really-weird-pieces-classical-music
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