Vecchi, Orazio
Vecchi, Orazio (b Modena, 1550; d Modena, 1605). It. composer and priest. Choirmaster, Modena Cath., 1584–6 and 1593–1605, and court choirmaster there from 1598. Wrote madrigals, masses, motets. His L'Amfiparnaso, comp. 1594 and prod. Modena 1594, is the first known example of a madrigal-comedy.
More From encyclopedia.com
High Priest , HIGH PRIEST (Heb. הַ)כּהֵן הָדֹאשׁ ,הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל ,הַכֹּהֵן)), the priest at the head of the priestly affairs. In pre-Exilic times the common ap… Comedy , Comedy
Limitations. The origins of comedy as a formal genre of drama are even more obscure than those of tragedy. Aristotle’s Poetics (after 335 b.c.… Mass (religion) , Mass (in Christianity)
Mass, religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, which has as its central act the performance of the sacrament of the Euc… Dave Chappelle , Chappelle, Dave
1973—
Actor, writer, comic
From a very early age, Dave Chappelle could make people laugh. Chappelle realized the power of his natural… Ludovico Ariosto , Ariosto, Ludovico
1474–1533
Poet
Dramatist
Life.
Humanist studies shaped this future poet's early life. Born the son of a count and a scholar, Ariost… Franz Lehar , Lehár, Franz (1870–1948) Austrian composer, b. Hungary. Lehar wrote the first of his more than 30 operettas, Kukuschka, in 1896. Perhaps his most pop…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Vecchi, Orazio