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Pulcinella
[according to G.B. Dona of Florence [died 1647]]
was said to have been created after the peasants
of Crifona in Salerno, for they were pale, fat,
and inclined to speak in a nasal treble. Duchartre
says he appeared in the 1590s in Napoli. He also
says that he moved and made noises like a chicken
[as his name suggests]. He was quick witted, cruel,
and lazy. He wore a black mask with a long hook
nose. Most authorities now accept that he was
created about 1620.
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