What Busoni Taught Kurt Weill
“What Makes It Italian?” Famous Composers and the Italians Who Taught Them
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Topic: Literature
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Paradiso 28: The Heavenly Power Plant
Arielle Saiber (Bowdoin College) in conversation with Guy Raffa (The University of Texas)
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Parole Parole: “Azzeccagarbugli”
Today’s word is AZZECCAGARBUGLI, a proper name from Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” that has become a commonly used noun.
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Purgatorio 2: A New Law for the Song of Love Across Time Zones
Alison Cornish (New York University) in conversation with Leonardo Chiarantini (University of Michigan)
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Inferno 26: Hey Sailor – Distraction and Seduction on the Wine-dark Sea
Mary Watt (University of Florida) in conversation with Fabian Alfie (The University of Arizona)
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Parole Parole: “Perpetua”
Today’s word is PERPETUA, an Italian antonomasia for the female helper of a priest.
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Inferno 18: Sins Worse than Murder: Pimping and Bootlicking in Malebolge
Deborah Parker (University of Virginia) in conversation with Cynthia Spaulding (continuing education student)
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Paradiso 22: Looking back at History and at Home
Alex Cuadrado (Columbia University) in conversation with Louis Joseph Moffa (Columbia University)
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Parole Parole: “Selva”
Today’s word is SELVA. Italian for wilderness, or a dense wood.
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Parole Parole: “Magnifico”
Today’s word is MAGNIFICO, “magnificent” in Italian, also used to address presidents of universities.
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Parole Parole: “Sprezzatura”
Today’s word is SPREZZATURA, indicating the nonchalanche necessary to make something difficult appear easy.
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Parole Parole: “Struggimento”
Today’s word is STRUGGIMENTO, literally and figuratively signifying something that falls apart or melts away.
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Parole Parole: “Volentieri”
Today’s word is VOLENTIERI, Italian for “willingly” or “with pleasure.”
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