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Boccherini

[bok-uh-ree-nee, boh-kuh-, bawk-ke-ree-nee]

noun

  1. Luigi 1743–1805, Italian composer.



Boccherini

/ bokkeˈrini /

noun

  1. Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist

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It even took him to Washington in the summer of 1934 to research and reproduce manuscripts by Vivaldi and other masters of the Italian Baroque like Luigi Boccherini and Muzio Clementi.

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Also on the program: works by Vivaldi and Boccherini.

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In this Spanish-influenced dance to music by Luigi Boccherini, Mejia is almost casual as his silky arms caress the air; his fingers swirl like cream.

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Restoration Concerts The Girsky String Quartet is joined by guitarist Almer Imamovic for a program of works by Boccherini, Dvorak and Shostakovich.

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Nonetheless, and sidestepping the details of Boccherini’s actual life, Mussolini decided in 1927 that the remains of an Italian-born composer of nearly two hundred years earlier should be dug up and brought back to Lucca.

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