Pergolesi
Gio·van·ni Bat·tis·ta [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah], /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/, 1710–36, Italian composer.
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How to use Pergolesi in a sentence
Went down after reading her letter, and played and sang the Gloria in Excelsis of Pergolesi, with all my soul.
Hard Cash | Charles Reade(A piano starts playing in the adjoining room—an ancient lune, full of soft and solemn melody; the "Nina" of Pergolesi).
Three Plays | Luigi PirandelloPergolesi never felt, perhaps, any harmonies but those of his own delicious art.
Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men | Anna Brownell JamesonShould my line of action with regard to Pergolesi be dominated by my love or by my respect for his music?
An Autobiography | Igor StravinskyIt was a splendid edition, in score, of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater."
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 | Elizabeth Sheppard
British Dictionary definitions for Pergolesi
/ (Italian perɡoˈleːsi) /
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
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