Scaramouche
Scaramuz or Skaramuz is a comic character of the Italian commedia dell'arte theater people. The word comes from the Italian word Scaramuccia, also Scaramuzzo, and means " skirmish ", also in the sense of a word battle. In French, to say the character Scaramouche, in English known colloquially the Scaramouch in terms of " loudmouth ".
Skaramuz is usually dressed all in black and occurring in Spanish costume. It represents the type of the Neapolitan adventurer and braggart. Usually he is beaten at the end of Arlecchino.
First, the figure in France has an important role. The actor Tiberio Fiorilli (1608-1694) is said to have cheered up as Scaramouche the two-year Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ). After that, the figure became an integral part of his theater. In 1680 the Scaramuccia first appeared in place of the Spanish Capitano on in the pieces of the Commedia dell'arte.
The figure in poetry and music
The writer Rafael Sabatini can slip into this role his hero André Moreau in his novel Scaramouche ( 1921).
The most famous musical setting to this character comes from the French composer Darius Milhaud, who wrote in 1936 for two pianos. A complete theater music to the libretto Scaramouche by Poul Knudsen and Mikael Trepka Bloch wrote the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius 1912-1913.
The figure also occurs in the song Bohemian Rhapsody by the British rock band Queen. In addition, means one of the protagonists in the Queen musical We Will Rock You Scaramouche. Together with the main hero Galileo they save the earth from which the entire world governing company Global Soft.