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Corigliano

American  
[kuh-rig-lee-ah-noh] / kəˌrɪg liˈɑ noʊ /

noun

  1. John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.


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Soon after, Corigliano and a group of friends looked for a dune buggy to race into the desert.

From Washington Times Nov. 28, 2022

For such a prestigious international institution, the Met’s list of premieres during the Levine era, including works by John Corigliano, John Harbison, Philip Glass, Tobias Picker and Tan Dun, was not long.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2021

Most ingenious was John Corigliano, recombining the theme’s DNA into a chorus of “Happy Birthday.”

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2019

The third movement, “Giulio’s Song,” begins with a chaconne in memory of Corigliano’s friend Giulio Sorrentino, using a theme that Sorrentino and Corigliano had once improvised together.

From The New Yorker May 30, 2019

They reach San Demetrio by a two or even three days' drive over Rossano, Corigliano, and Vaccarizza.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

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