Cesti
Americannoun
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In fact, she’s more famous today than celebrated male contemporaries like Luigi Rossi, Giacomo Carissimi and Antonio Cesti.
From New York Times
It devotes one program at Zankel Hall to Luigi Rossi, and the next to a mélange of Cavalli, Cesti, Monteverdi and Italian folk tunes.
From New York Times
Filippo Gallinella, an Umbrian legislator, called last week on Italians to support the region by choosing products like prosciutto di Norcia and Castelluccio lentils for their cesti natalizi, baskets stuffed with delicacies that are traditionally made and exchanged at Christmastime.
From New York Times
In 1977 he founded the ensemble Concerto Vocale, and he began his career as an operatic conductor in 1983 with a rarity: Cesti’s “L’Orontea.”
From New York Times
Cesti’s operas likewise contain many passages evidently intended for the horn, although the instruments are not specified in the score, which was nothing unusual at the time.
From Project Gutenberg
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