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  2. La gazza ladra - Wikipedia

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    The Thieving Magpie is best known for the overture, which is musically notable for its use of snare drums. This memorable section in Rossini's overture evokes the image of the opera's main subject: a devilishly clever, thieving magpie. Rossini wrote quickly, and La gazza ladra was no exception. A 19th-century biography quotes him as saying that ...

  3. One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia

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    Magpie, magpie, I go by thee!" and to spit on the ground three times. [8] On occasion, jackdaws, crows and other Corvidae are associated with the rhyme, particularly in America where magpies are less common. [9] In eastern India, the erstwhile British colonial bastion, the common myna is the bird of association. [10]

  4. The Magpie's Advice - Wikipedia

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    "The Magpie's Advice" or "The Magpie's Counsel" (Welsh: Cyngor y Biogen or Cyngor y Bioden) is a poem in the form of a cywydd by the pre-eminent Welsh-language poet, [1] Dafydd ap Gwilym. The poet portrays himself as an overage lover who bemoans his romantic woes as he wanders through the woods, and is rebuked by a magpie who bids him concern ...

  5. Thieving Magpie (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Thieving Magpie , 1848 novel by Alexander Herzen about a production of the French play in a Russian serf theatre Thieving Magpie (film) , 1958 Soviet drama film, based on Herzens's novel The Thieving Magpie (album) , 1988 double live album by Marillion named after the overture to Rossini's opera

  6. The Thieving Magpie (album) - Wikipedia

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    The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) is a double live album by the British neo-prog band Marillion.It was named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987–1988, the overture to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie".

  7. Detectorists - Wikipedia

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    Lance and Andy camp out at the field. Lance leaves a message for Toni in which he lies that Kate has not taken up his offer to use his car and visit friends. Toni goes to Lance's and finds Mags there, Kate having let her in as she herself left. Lance intends to catch a "thieving" magpie. Varde gives a talk to the group. Toni confronts Lance ...

  8. Magpie (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Magpies", the most famous poem by New Zealand poet Denis Glover (1912–1980) The Other Magpie , a Native American woman who fought in the Black Hills War Thieving Magpie (disambiguation)

  9. Freaks (Marillion song) - Wikipedia

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    The track "Freaks" (recorded at an open-air concert at the May Market Fairground in Mannheim, Germany, on 21 June 1986) was only included on the CD and cassette versions of The Thieving Magpie, "Kayleigh" (recorded at London Hammersmith Odeon on 9 or 10 January 1986) was also available on the vinyl edition, which only featured the first half of ...