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Orlando (name)

Orlando

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Orlando the Italian form of Roland, a hero of the romances of Charlemagne. Orlando Furioso is a poem by Ariosto, published in its complete form in 1532, designed to exalt the house of Este and its legendary ancestor Rogero ( Ruggiero). It continues the story of the love of Orlando (Roland in the Charlemagne romances) for Angelica, princess of Cathay, begun in Orlando Innamorato, a poem by Boiardo, published in 1487.
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Orlando

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

Orlando.
1. Opera in 3 acts by Handel to anon. lib. based on C. S. Capece's L'Orlando (1711) after Ariosto's 16th-cent. poem Orlando furioso (Mad Orlando). Comp. 1732. Prod. London 1733.

2. Opera in 3 acts by Vivaldi (Orlando furioso) to lib. by Braccioli after Ariosto. Prod. Venice 1727.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Orlando." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Orlando

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Orlando,
1. the Italian form of Roland, a hero of the Charlemagne romances (see also Orlando Furioso and Orlando Innamorato);

2. in Shakespeare's As You Like It, the lover of Rosalind;

3. the title of a novel by V. Woolf.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Orlando." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Orlando

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Orlando ♂ (Italian) form of Roland, also used as a given name in the English-speaking world. It is the name of the hero in Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Orlando." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Orlando." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Orlando1.html

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Orlando

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Orlando ♂ Germanic. See Roland.
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Orlando

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Orlando see Roland .

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