BURLA, or BURLESCA, a musical joke or playful composition; J. S. Bach's Partita 3, engraved with his own hand on copper, and published in 1727, contains a Burlesca as the fifth piece. Schumann has a Burla in op. 124. No. 12.
Burla, or Burlesca
Author: WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS
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