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Name Musetta
Gender Feminine
Usage Theatre, Italian (Tuscan)
Pronounced Pron. moo-ZET-tah (Italian)
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Meaning & History
Latinate form of Musette, which was possibly based on the dance style, popular in Paris in the 1880s, which took its name from a kind of small bagpipe. It was used by Puccini for the lover of Marcello in his opera La Bohème (1896), which was based on La Vie de Bohème (1851) by Henri Murger (who named the character MUSETTE).
As an Italian name, it is found almost exclusively in Tuscany.
As an Italian name, it is found almost exclusively in Tuscany.