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Pergolesi

[ per-gaw-le-zee ]

noun

  1. Gio·van·ni Bat·tis·ta [jaw-, vahn, -nee baht-, tees, -tah], 1710–36, Italian composer.


Pergolesi

/ perɡoˈleːsi /

noun

  1. PergolesiGiovanni Battista17101736MItalianMUSIC: composer Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1710–36, Italian composer: his works include the operetta La Serva padrona (1733) and the Stabat Mater (1736) for women's voices
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Lucía Pergolesi regrets her best friend has been fired from her job in a government ministry.

Others, like Lucía Pergolesi, are worried for the jobs people will lose.

You might happen upon a less celebrated gem, like his early Stravinsky or his late Pergolesi, his “Fierrabras” or his “Khovanshchina.”

One Pergolesi forgery wound up in the collection of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Nicotra was also known for forging works by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, an early-18th-century composer who died at the age of 26 and whose posthumous fame attracted forgers.

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