
What Rosario Scalero Taught Samuel Barber
“What Makes It Italian?” Famous Composers and the Italians Who Taught Them
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Today’s word is FARFALLONE, Italian for the male butterfly, and figurative for a ladies-man.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Farfallone”
Franziska Meier (Gottingen University) in conversation with Manuel Moll (Gottingen University)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 28: A Glimpse of Paradise
Alison Cornish (NYU) in conversation with Martin Eisner (Duke University)
Watch the video: Inferno 5: Reckless Reading
Thomas Graff (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Matthew Rothaus Moser (Azusa Pacific University)
Watch the video: Paradiso 20: Recovering Predestination in the Heaven of Justice
Kristen Keach (Berkeley University of California) in conversation with Kate Driscoll (Freie Universitat Berlin)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 29: Chariots of Fire: The Triumph of Harmony and Audiovisual Reunion
Today’s word is ZIZZANIA, Italian for weeds, but commonly used to mean ‘discord.’
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Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University)
Watch the video: Inferno 13: Judgment Served
Jay Cole (West Virginia University) in conversation with Mary “Cookie” Schultz (West Virginia University)
Watch the video: Paradiso 6: Lessons from Justinian: Then and Now (with a postscript on exile from Romeo)
Today’s word is MIMOSA, the flower variety traditionally used to celebrate International Women’s Day in Italy.
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Jo Ann Moran Cruz (Georgetown University) in conversation with Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 21: Three Epic Poets
William Dunbar Cuda (High School Senior) in conversation with Patrick Dunbar (Trans Marine Navigation)
Watch the video: Inferno 7: Tight Fists and Loose Tempers
Today’s word is QUARANTENA, Italian for quarantine.
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