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Barzelletta (lit. "jest") was a popular verse form used by frottola composers in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is generally trochaic, with eight syllables per line. The barzelletta consists of two sections: a reprisa which is…

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Execution by hanging of the French magistrate Anne du Bourg on 23 December 1559 in Paris.
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