Paolo Grignotti
From Plastic Tub
Born 1760, Padua, Died -- ? He loses the way in a dark wood and thus fails to arrive. He is a turtle's perfect egg and is given a high-chair at the kiddie-table.
Italian composer famous for his comic operas. He is thought to have been a member of La Ligue du Masque Cancéreux.
Along with Pietri Biberoni, his librettist, he produced 27 works played in Rome, Venice, Florence, Vienna, Avignon, Paris, St. Petersburg, Prague, London and Plüntz.
His themes, often bizarre, were said to be coded messages the League used to direct pie-throwings, assassinations and ritual shoplifting.
At the age of 55 he disappeared into the wilderness, never to be heard of again. Rumours occasionally surfaced that he had been seen in Transylvania, the Ukraine or the Levant, but these were never adequately substantiated. He left a note to his wife Diamanta which asked her not to forget to water the plants. Recent theories that he went to New York City were deemed "groudless" by the Grignottisti society in 1995:
- "Having no proof to the contrary, some foolish speculators insist that we can not rule it. Hogwash we say. One might as well say that just because one has not seen pigs fly does not mean they cannot. Gringnotti died in Jerusalem." (p. 27, Grignotes '95)
Desiderata
- Grignotti was known the celebrate the Dog Days with firecrackers, pranks, orgies and fishing.
Known Works
The Pancakes of Pan (1780)
Pubinella (1782)
The League of the Spangl'd Bodice (1786)
Buggeroni (1789)
The King's Hat (1792)
Meat from the Fountain (1794)
The Sharper's Tale (1796)
A Sausage Became Her (1797)
etc.
