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Pergolesi

American  
[per-gaw-le-zee] / ˌpɛr gɔˈlɛ zi /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista 1710–36, Italian composer.


Pergolesi British  
/ perɡoˈleːsi /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1710–36, Italian composer: his works include the operetta La Serva padrona (1733) and the Stabat Mater (1736) for women's voices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lucía Pergolesi regrets her best friend has been fired from her job in a government ministry.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

Others, like Lucía Pergolesi, are worried for the jobs people will lose.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

In his later years, he copied everything from a Renaissance mass by Palestrina to the up-to-date Italianate lyricism of Pergolesi.

From The New Yorker Dec. 25, 2016

The Sinfonia Players, a chamber offshoot of the ensemble, presented a striking series of Pergolesi concerts last year, led from the harpsichord by the orchestra’s conductor, John Scott.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2011

Pergolesi never felt, perhaps, any harmonies but those of his own delicious art.

From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

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