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Zany Corneto appears in the Recueil Fossard, plates
from which are reproduced in [Duchartre: Pictorial Supplement]. The title
page of the Recueil reads (in translation):
Collection
of
several fragments of the first Italian
comedies
produced
in France during the reign of Henri III
wherein is seen the
different characters assigned to the
actors, and the plots of their plays
intersperced with
buffoonery, and with many
extravagances.
with.
the
costumes of all their characters, both serious and comic, of whom the most
well-known were sir Leandre, Dona Cornelia, Francisquine Harlequin,
sir
Dottor, Pantalon, and Zani who were the original characters, and
the models
for other comedians who have appeared since during the reigns
of Henri IV and
Louis XIII, and
Louis the Great.
all engraved in several prints of which
several
are illuminated
and sorted in order by Mr.Fossard
member of
the
King's Music
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zanni (plural and singular forms of the word are the same):
While the zanni are a class of actors, generally dull-witted servants
who nevertheless outwit their masters -- Harlequin and Brighella [Duchartre, p.124]
are examples of zanni -- this zanni's name is Zany, a proper
name [Duchartre, p. 132].
While the zanni are often portrayed playing outlandish instruments (a
bellows, kitchen utensils, etc.), Zany is shown playing a real stringed instrument
[Duchartre, p. 325].
Scapino, another 'multi-instrumental' (musical) zanni, is described in
[Grantham, p. 238].
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