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Commedia in a sentence

Commedia meaning

Ellipsis of commedia dell'arte.

Using Commedia

  • The main meaning on this page is: Ellipsis of commedia dell'arte.
  • In the example corpus, commedia often appears in combinations such as: commedia dell'arte, the commedia, of commedia.

Context around Commedia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rudlin 2× fellow 1× musica 1× italian 1×

Often after:

dell 14× comedy 1× masks 1× per 1× sexy 1× actor 1×

Sentence patterns with Commedia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the commedia dell arte 5× in the commedia dell arte 3× john rudlin commedia dell arte 2× art of commedia a study 1× authors as commedia in musica 1× both to commedia dell arte 1× celebrates the commedia s blatant 1× his fellow commedia masks both 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

john rudlin commedia 2× allardyce nicoll the 1× busoni drew on 1× by 1743 he 1× callot s balli 1× castagno demonstrates iconographic 1×

Common sentence endings:

andrews p xix 1× arte c 1718 1× bestial with human 1× by pantalone himself 1× comico divertimento giocoso 1× commedia di dante 1×

Words around Commedia

Just before it in the word index:

comme 7 commbank 5 commas 44 commands 1.005 commandry 2 commandos 169

Just after it in the word index:

commemorate 611 commemorated 237 commemorates 149 commemorating 288 commemoration 349 commemorations 123

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaryan 58 acrimony 58 akash 58 akp 58 albus 58 amphibian 58

Corpus analysis for Commedia

  • In this selection, "commedia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rudlin, fellow, musica, dell, comedy and masks stand out and add context to how "commedia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the commedia dell arte and in the commedia dell arte. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "commedia" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with commedia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Busoni drew on the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte for this one-act piece. (15 words)

During this time, commedia sexy all'italiana films, described as "trash films", were popular in Italy. (16 words)

Hartnoll 1983, p. 313. Actors The performance of a commedia actor relies on the acting itself. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Callot's Balli di Sfessania (literally, dance of the buttocks) celebrates the commedia's blatant eroticism, with protruding phalli, spears posed with the anticipation of a comic ream, and grossly exaggerated masks that mix the bestial with human. (38 words)

And that’s fine if you are mainly going to emulate what audiences envision and the operatic mime history of the commedia dell’arte stock characters (sung in Italian with English supertitles repeating the constant duplications). (36 words)

Allardyce Nicoll : The World of Harlequin, a Critical Study of the Commedia Dell'arte, p.44 In a commedia comedy, many zanni or lazzi routines will begin by an action delivered by Pantalone himself. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Allardyce Nicoll : The World of Harlequin, a Critical Study of the Commedia Dell'arte, p.44 In a commedia comedy, many zanni or lazzi routines will begin by an action delivered by Pantalone himself.

He, along with his fellow Commedia masks, Both masked and unmasked characters of the Commedia were known as "masks": see Andrews, p. xix.

It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as commedia in musica, commedia per musica, dramma bernesco, dramma comico, divertimento giocoso.

John Rudlin: Commedia Dell'arte: An Actor's Handbook, p.182 With his sinister and often inhumane treatment towards his fellows, Pantalone is perceived to be a pivotal part of commedia.

The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia dell'Arte, 1560-1620, with Special Reference to the Visual Records.

And that’s fine if you are mainly going to emulate what audiences envision and the operatic mime history of the commedia dell’arte stock characters (sung in Italian with English supertitles repeating the constant duplications).

Description: "Your face will hurt from smiling so much when watching the Bay Area's most prestigious troupe of Commedia dell'arte characters perform an original version of Cinderella.

As with his comedies, Goldoni's opera buffa integrate elements of the Commedia dell'arte with recognisable local and middle-class realities.

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Busoni drew on the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte for this one-act piece.

By 1743, he had perfected his hybrid style of playwriting (combining the model of Molière with the strengths of Commedia dell'arte and his own wit and sincerity).

Callot's Balli di Sfessania (literally, dance of the buttocks) celebrates the commedia's blatant eroticism, with protruding phalli, spears posed with the anticipation of a comic ream, and grossly exaggerated masks that mix the bestial with human.

Castagno demonstrates iconographic linkages between genre painting and the figures of the commedia dell'arte that demonstrate how this theatrical form was embedded within the cultural traditions of the late cinquecento.

During this time, commedia sexy all'italiana films, described as "trash films", were popular in Italy.

Eighteenth century France Antoine Watteau : Gilles (or Pierrot) and Four Other Characters of the Commedia dell'arte, c. 1718.

Hartnoll 1983, p. 313. Actors The performance of a commedia actor relies on the acting itself.

He gave a series of lectures on Dante at the Santo Stefano church in 1373 and these resulted in his final major work, the detailed Esposizioni sopra la Commedia di Dante.

His 1660 play Sganarelle, ou Le Cocu imaginaire ( The Imaginary Cuckold ) seems to be a tribute both to Commedia dell'arte and to his teacher.

In the Commedia dell'arte it was an outline of entrances, exits, and action describing the plot of a play, and was literally pinned to the back of the scenery.

Italian popular comedy: a study in the Commedia dell'Arte, 1560-1620, with special reference to the English stage.

John Rudlin: Commedia Dell'arte: An Actor's Handbook, p.94 He often falls backwards, generally to bad news related in some way or another to his financials.

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Common combinations with commedia

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "commedia" in a sentence?
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What does "commedia" mean?
Commedia means: Ellipsis of commedia dell'arte.
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