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Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for La Gioconda; Nicola Porpora (1686–1768), Baroque opera composer; Giuseppe Porsile (1680–1750) Costanzo Porta (1528/29–1601) Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755) Gasparo Pratoneri (fl. 1556/59), nicknamed Spirito da Reggio; Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767) Roberto Pregadio ...
In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (UK: / ˌ tʃ ɪ tʃ ɪ z ˈ b eɪ oʊ / CHITCH-iz-BAY-oh, [1] US: / ˌ tʃ iː tʃ-/ CHEE-chiz-, [2] Italian: [tʃitʃiˈzbɛːo]; plural: cicisbei) or cavalier servente (French: chevalier servant) was the man who was the professed gallant or lover [3] of a woman married to someone else.
Valentino as a boy. Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy and named Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella. [2] His father, Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Fedele Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella, was an Italian from Martina Franca, Apulia; he was a captain of cavalry in the Italian Army, later a veterinarian, [3] who died of malaria when Valentino ...
Pages in category "Italian Romantic composers" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈaːjets]; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan , and is renowned for his grand historical paintings , political allegories, and portraits.
Giacomo Puccini [n 1] (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) [1] was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, [2] he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late Baroque era.
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Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...