Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, was known as the greatest Italian musical dramatist. Verdi was born in Roncole, Italy, a small town of few inhabitants in 1813. ... Giusseppi Verdi was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Because of his profound patriotism and the times in which he lived, Verdi's operas are filled with political themes, historical background and reminiscent of Italian nationalism. ...

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The first important period in music history is the Baroque Period. ... The ever increasingly complex pieces of music was one of the factors that led to the shift towards the era of music history known as the classical period. The Classical Period of music history came about around 1750 and ended at approximately 1830. ... The fortepiano evolved out of the harpsichord and had an improved sound, with more flexibility of how loud or how soft (hence the name forte, Italian for loud, and piano, Italian for soft) the musician wanted. ... That is why its proponents are so passionate The cultural pr...

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Rossini was born in Pesaro, Italy in 1792, into a family of musicians. ... In London England, where he became a naturalized citizen, he wrote many Italian Operas and was employed by Queen Anne. ... Until recently, many of his Italian operas gained little attention, and he was better known for his English Oratorios like Messiah. ... He became a professor of music history at the Complutense University of Madrid and a head of music broadcasting for Spanish radio along with many other positions in Spain's' music circles of education and performance. ...

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When a full moon hangs over an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, it hits the residents "in the eye like a big pizza pie" and amore happens. "Moonstruck" is the 1987 blockbuster film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison; with an Oscar winning cast, making up the American Italian families affected by the full moon, and a great romantic comedy follows. ... Scenes that are shot in the Castorini home, show a large brick home full of family history; warm, inviting and comfortable, old world history; nothing modern or flashy in this home. ... ...

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