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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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“I was expecting something more wild,” said Corigliano.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2022

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center An episode of “Live From Lincoln Center” revisits the ensemble’s 25th season opener featuring pianist André Watts and music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Debussy and John Corigliano.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2020

Along with playing works by Elliott Carter and Ruth Crawford Seeger, the society’s top-notch musicians will give the premiere of a new work for oboe and cello, “The Food of Love,” by John Corigliano.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 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

From the terrace of green sward that fronts this ruined monastery you can see the little town of Corigliano, whose coquettish white houses lie in a fold of the hills.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman