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Puccini
[ poo-chee-nee; Italian poot-chee-nee ]
noun
- Gia·co·mo [jah, -kaw-maw], 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.
Puccini
/ pʊˈtʃiːnɪ /
noun
- PucciniGiacomo18581924MItalianMUSIC: composer Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer, noted for the dramatic realism of his operas, which include Manon Lescaut (1893), La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madame Butterfly (1904)
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Puccini has, indeed, an almost unparalleled capacity for a kind of orchestral commentary which is both forceful and succinct.
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In a few pages are enough melodies and themes to set up a Puccini—or for that matter a Strauss or an Elgar—for life.
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It is simply my personal estimate of Puccini's worth as an operatic composer.
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Therefor we must be wary of the old men who tell us that we shall soon tire of the music of Puccini because it is fashionable.
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Puccini stopped with La Bohème, all the rest is repetition and not altogether admirable repetition.
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