Farce

A Dictionary of Musical Terms · 1895 · p. 6

1. (It. far’sa.) A one-act opera or operetta of ultra-comical or burlesque character.—2. (It. farsia.) A canticle in the vernacular intermingled wits Latin, formerly sung at the principal festivals of the R. C. Church, and later finding ludicrous imitation in the fars a or farce,