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Pietro Francesco Cavalli
Pietro Francesco Cavalli , 1602-76, Italian composer, whose real name was Caletti-Bruni; pupil of Monteverdi, whom he succeeded as choirmaster of St. Mark's, Venice. He wrote many operas, including Didone (1641), Giasone (1649), Serse (1654), and Ercole Amante (1662), all of which show the... Read more |
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Pietro Cesti
Pietro Cesti The Italian composer Pietro Cesti (1623-1669), also called Marc' Antonio Cesti, was the most cosmopolitan representative of the Venetian opera school in the generation following Monteverd. Pietro Cesti is supposed to have written more than 100 operas, but only 15 have survived,... Read more |
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Cavalla
Cavalla, West Africa A river which rises in Guinea and later forms part of the border between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. Portuguese navigators gave it the name Cavalla ‘Horse Mackerel’ in the 15th century, having found these fish at the mouth of the river. It is also known as the... Read more |
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Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker 1933-, English mezzo-soprano. She made her singing debut in 1956 with the Glyndebourne Chorus. In 1966 she made her American debut at Town Hall in New York City, winning critical acclaim for the sensitivity, style, and intelligence of her singing. Baker was for many years regarded... Read more |
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Raymnond John Leppard
Raymnond John Leppard 1927-, English conductor, composer, musicologist, and harpsicordist, grad. Cambridge. A prominent scholar as well as a conductor, he is especially known for "realizing" 17th-century Venetian operas by such composers as Monteverdi and Cavalli . Leppard was the conductor... Read more |
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Piers Plowman
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Francesco Petrarch
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Pier Francesco Mola
Mola, Pier Francesco (bapt. Coldrerio, nr. Lugano, 9 Feb. 1612; d Rome, 13 May 1666). Italian Baroque painter. Although he spent most of his life in Rome, his style, characterized by warm colouring and soft modelling, was formed mainly on the example of Guercino and Venetian art (his early career... Read more |
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Piers Paul Read
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Francesco Mochi
Mochi, Francesco (b Montevarchi, nr. Arezzo, 29 July 1580; d Rome, 6 Feb., 1654). Italian sculptor. He was the outstanding Italian sculptor of his generation, but after brilliant early achievements he was eclipsed by Bernini and his career petered out. His first notable work is the dynamic... Read more |
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Cavalli, Pietro Francesco
Cavalli, Pietro Francesco [ Pier Caletti-Bruni] (b Crema, 1602; d Venice, 1676). It. composer...score. Other recent eds. incl. Jane Glover and René Jacobs. Cavalli was also an org. and composer of church mus. (e.g. Vespers... |
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Vesperi a otto voci con basso continuo, 1675.
Next to Claudio Monteverdi, Pier Francesco Cavalli was the most prominent Italian...166876), and like Monteverdi, Cavalli not only composed liturgical music...Grandi, Giovanni Rovetta, and Francesco Cavalli [Ann Arbor: UMI ... |
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Window on Venice
...salutation the works composer, Pier Francesco Cavalli, might aptly have applied to...composed in 1668, at the end of Cavalli's long and dominating presence...populist opera milieu. Born Pietro Francesco CalettiBruni in Crema in 1602... |
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Opera Guide
...operas composed by the 17th-century Venetian musician Pier Francesco Cavalli, returns, once again conducted by Rene Jacobs...set design for Puccini's "Fanciulla del West." Cavalli's "La Calisto" explores sexuality, desire and... |
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In review: Cincinnati
...harpsichord contributed to the orchestra's raw sound. The final production at CCM was a witty, inventive staging of Pier Francesco Cavalli's La Calisto, strongly sung in Jane Glover's new performing edition (seen May 31, June 1). Decorated... |
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CRANE FACULTY MEMBERS TO PRESENT 'VOCAL POTPURRI'
...Julie Miller, Dr. Kirk Dougherty and Dr. Kathleen Allen. Pieces will include selections from "La Didone" by Pier Francesco Cavalli, "Giulio Cesare" by George F. Handel, "Frauenlieben und Leben" by Robert Schumann and "Die tote Stadt... |
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Review: Magnificat celebrates holiday and its 20th anniversary with Schutz's...
...moved on to a lively Reformation chorale, followed by additional settings of service music by Schutz. Next, Pier Francesco Cavalli's setting of the Magnificat energized the ensemble with its almost lush word painting and dancing rhythmic motion... |
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Peabody's Rarely Heard 'Egisto'
...singing about love and its loss in a shimmeringly pure, unaffected soprano. The rarely performed 1643 opera by Pier Francesco Cavalli has a conventionally ludicrous plot, with characters falling in and out of love through divine intervention... |
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The Chic Outlet Shopping Villages Achieve Double Digit Growth and Launch A...
...that is clearly working for international travellers. Pier Francesco Nervini, VP International Key Accounts, Global Blue...Burberry, Versace, Tod's, Vivienne Westwood, Roberto Cavalli, Paul Smith, Dior, Joop!, Loro Piana and Valentino... |
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The Chic Outlet Shopping[R] Villages Achieve Double Digit Growth and Launch A...
...that is clearly working for international travellers. Pier Francesco Nervini, VP International Key Accounts, Global Blue...Burberry, Versace, Tod's, Vivienne Westwood, Roberto Cavalli, Paul Smith, Dior, Joop!, Loro Piana and Valentino... |
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Views, Reviews, Previews: Beyond the Valley of French Shades; 'Calisto' -...
...also a theater in a stunning setting. At thetip of a pier, jutting into San Francisco Bay, Cowell is surrounded...the way.The San Francisco Opera Center production of Francesco Cavalli's 1651 "LaCalisto" is a beauty, set in a gorgeous... |
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