Respighi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Respighi wrote of “The Epiphany” that he wanted frantic clamor and intoxicating noise, expressing the popular feeling “We are Romans, let us pass!”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025
But the highlight of the evening was Milan-born maestro Gianandrea Noseda’s canny sandwiching of the concerto between two of his favorite composers and countrymen: Ottorino Respighi and Alfredo Casella.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
Brentano Quartet with Dawn Upshaw The soprano joins the string quartet for a program of works by Mozart, Respighi, Schubert, Webern and Schoenberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2018
On Friday, though, their Verdi and Respighi is not the main attraction: That billing goes to Martha Argerich, the elusive pianist, who makes a rare appearance to play Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
These tinted rings were simultaneously viewed by Respighi at Poodacottah, and by Lockyer at Baikul.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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