Cassation (music)

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Cassation (also Cassation , Cassatio , Cassazione ) is a musical generic term. A cassation is a mostly cheerful, multi-movement work for several, mostly solo instruments, similar to the divertimento , the serenade or the notturno (all of these terms were often used synonymously ). It often begins with a march , and can consist of up to seven movements in total.

The cassation was cultivated in the music of the 18th century and mostly composed for performances in the open air. Cassations were written by Joseph Haydn , Michael Haydn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Antonio Salieri , for example .

The name is probably derived from the Italian cassazione (dismissal), meaning “farewell music ”. A derivation of gassatim ("in the street", jokingly Latinized adverb) is also plausible : In the 18th century, Austrian musicians spoke of gassatim to go when performing in the open air .