What Busoni Taught Kurt Weill
“What Makes It Italian?” Famous Composers and the Italians Who Taught Them
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Topic: Italian Society
- Cinema & Television
‘El Numero Nueve’, il docu-film su Gabriel Batistuta sbarca al N.I.C.E. Festival a New York
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- History & Politics
Martin Luther King Jr.: An “Italian” Story
Paolo Naso, Università La Sapienza, Rome Author of “Martin Luther King. Una storia americana” (Laterza, 2021)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Racconto”
Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
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- Gastronomy
A Conversation with Roberto Scarcella Perino
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Bischero”
Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
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- Art
New York città che ci ripensa
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Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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- Art
Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History
Book Presentation
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Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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