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Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Mozart. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Mozart. Show all posts

23 May 2019

Giuseppe Parini – writer

Satirist avenged bad treatment though his poetry The poet and satirist Giuseppe Parini was identified with the Age of Enlightenment ...

15 September 2017

The first free public school in Europe

Frascati sees groundbreaking development in education José de Calasanz arrived in Rome from his native Aragon in 1592 The first fr...

18 August 2017

Antonio Salieri - composer

Maestro of Vienna haunted by Mozart rumours Antonio Salieri was director of Italian opera in the Habsburg court of Joseph II Anton...

17 April 2017

Graziella Sciutti - operatic soprano

Vivacious performer who became a successful director Graziella Sciutti became an opera star in the 1950s The operatic soprano Grazi...

10 March 2017

Lorenzo Da Ponte - writer and impresario

Colourful life of Mozart's librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, as depicted in a 19th century engraving by Michele Pekenino The libretti...

23 January 2017

Muzio Clementi – composer and pianist

Musician is remembered as ‘father of the piano’ Muzio Clementi, the Italian composer who helped found England's Royal Philharmonic...

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