The "Duetto buffo di due gatti" (humorousduet for two cats) is a performance piece for twosopranos andpiano. Often performed as a comical concertencore, it consists entirely of the repeated wordmiau ("meow") sung by the singers. It is sometimes performed by a soprano and atenor, or a soprano and abass.
While the piece is typically attributed toGioachino Rossini, it was not actually written by him, but is instead a compilation written in 1825 that draws principally on his 1816 operaOtello. Hubert Hunt claims that the compiler wasRobert Lucas de Pearsall, who for this purpose adopted thepseudonym "G. Berthold".[1]
In order of appearance, the piece consists of:
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