Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A Whirlwind Tour Through Kinks Music

There undoubtedly have been many great composers in Italy such as Palestrina, Puccini, Rossini, Donizetti, Vivaldi yet it is perhaps Verdi who is the most representative of Italian patriotism as well as "il Risorgimento". It even being his name or the spelling of his name which was used as an acronym to proclaim Vittorio Emanuele king of Italy, something which in fact was forbidden at the time yet to get around this decree many took to writing "Viva Verdi". This not so much as a declaration of admiration for the composer of so many a great opera but to claim...

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