Travesty
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A musical Travesty, also known as a Burlesque prior to Burlesque Theatre becoming associated with striptease, is when a piece is re-arranged into a style very different from that for which it was originally known. This usually takes the form of a serious work (e.g. opera) being presented in a more populist style such as ragtime.
In the 19th century, composer Meyer Lutz produced a number of operatic travesties. In these the scores were rearranged to so that operatic arias would be turned into, for example, a barn dance.
Well known ragtime travesties include The Russian Rag, by George L. Cobb, which is based on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, and Felix Arndt's Lucy's Sextette based on a sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti.
In more recent times, the score for the film The Cool Mikado is a travesty on the original Gilbert and Sullivan music.
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