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The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Libretto, Background, and Photos

By: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti,Guido Menasci,Giovanni Verga

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The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Libretto, Background, and Photos

By: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti,Guido Menasci,Giovanni Verga

(Amadeus). Opera's most enduring tragic double bill of verismo masterpieces, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci share many common features, most noticeably their direct language, plot simplicity, common-folk characters, and themes of adultery, betrayal, revenge, and murder. Written within two years of each other, and both set in villages in southern Italy, they feature dramatic confrontations, turbulent emotions, and gritty realism. Cavalleria rusticana takes place on Easter in a Sicilian village, where Turiddu, after returning from the army to find his beloved Lola married to the carter Alfio, found solace with the peasant girl Santuzza but ultimately betrayed her and ruined her reputation. When Turiddu goes back to Lola, Santuzza seeks revenge, with tragic results. In Pagliacci , a troupe of traveling commedia dell'arte players is torn apart when its leader, Canio, discovers that his wife, Nedda, has taken a lover. In the ensuing "play within a play," the actors struggle to go on with their performance as the line between theater and reality collapses, leading to an explosive climax.

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1574674781

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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

By: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

By: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and demonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties and effects. Building on and moving away from the theory of mechanics as formulated by Aristotle and Galileo and countering objections expressed by Stephani degli Angeli among others, Borelli presents a completely mechanical account of the action of muscles and analyzes the way in which the center of gravity of the animal shifts in locomotion. Originally published in Italian in 1667, then translated into Latin in 1686, the text of this volume has now been translated into English, making the text accessible to a wide readership. This volume is the first of two volumes that contain the Introduction and physical-mathematical illustrations necessary to understand Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s work On the Movement of Animals, the founding text of seventeenth century biomechanics. The second volume, entitled On The Natural Motions Resulting From Gravity, describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment.

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3319084976

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Saving a World Treasure: Protecting Florence from Flooding

By: Galloway, Gerald,Seminara, Giovanni,Blöschl, Günter,Garcia, Marcelo,Montanari, Alberto,Solari, Luca

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Saving a World Treasure: Protecting Florence from Flooding

By: Galloway, Gerald,Seminara, Giovanni,Blöschl, Günter,Garcia, Marcelo,Montanari, Alberto,Solari, Luca

The Committee Firenze 2016, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the tragic 1966 flood, invited six engineers and scientists to form an International Technical Scientific Committee (ITSC) to assess the current status of flood protection for the city of Florence and identify steps to reduce the risk of flooding facing the city. In this final Report, ITSC concludes that Florence remains at risk to significant flooding and this risk grows each day. It is not a question of whether a flood of the magnitude of 1966 or greater will occur, but when. In fact, the level of protection that exists in Florence now is not on a level appropriate to the citizens and treasures that rest within the city. If, under current conditions, a 1966-like flood occurred, the consequences to human lives, treasures, properties and community infrastructure could be much more catastrophic than they were in 1966.

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Firenze University Press

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8864536779

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Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories

By: Giovanni Verga

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Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories

By: Giovanni Verga

The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. The inspiration for Mascagni's opera, 'Cavalleria Rusticana' depicts a young man's triumphal return home from the army, spoilt when he learns that his beloved is engaged to another man. Verga's acute awareness of the hardships and aspirations of peasant life can be seen in stories such as 'Nedda', 'Picturesque Lives' and 'Black Bread', while others such as 'The Reverend' and 'Don Licciu Papa' show the dominance of the church and the law in the Sicilian communities he portrays so vividly.

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Penguin UK

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0141935464

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9780141935461

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

By: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

By: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environment. Originally published in Italian in 1667, then translated into Latin in 1686, the text of this volume has now been translated into English, making the text accessible to a wide readership. This volume is the second of two volumes that contain the Introduction and physical-mathematical illustrations necessary to understand Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s work On the Movement of Animals, the founding text of seventeenth century biomechanics. The first volume, entitled On the Force of Percussion, demonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties and effects.

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3319085360

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Etruria and the Origins of the Etruscans

By: Giovanni Caselli

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Etruria and the Origins of the Etruscans

By: Giovanni Caselli

This book is a contribution to Etruscan archaeology stemming from the belief that, because of the lack of written records, the historian and the archaeologist must step in to become shrewd detectives and inspect the scene of the crime to obtain evidence of the facts. It looks minutely at the material evidence on the ground during the day and at night, displaying graphically the evidence and showing the reader the resulting facts and possible new interpretations. Breaking the bounds of common place perceptions, it presents an entirely fresh image of Etruria that has been overlooked, one deeply rooted in the land and natural environment.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527584755

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The Decameron and Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio (Illustrated)

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

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The Decameron and Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio (Illustrated)

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

The poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio was a leading writer of the Italian Renaissance, now best remembered as the author of the famous compendium of tales ‘The Decameron’. Boccaccio helped lay the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance, while raising vernacular literature to the status of the classics of antiquity. Noted for their realistic dialogue and imaginative use of character and plot, Boccaccio’s works went on to inspire Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare and countless other writers in the ensuing centuries. This comprehensive eBook presents Boccaccio’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare translations appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Boccaccio’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * Multiple translations of ‘The Decameron’, including the first English translation by John Florio, 1620 * John Payne's complete translation, with all the hyperlinked footnotes - ideal for students * The original Italian text of ‘The Decameron’ * Rare translations of two novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The rare long poem ‘Il Filostrato’, available in no other collection * The key works of Chaucer and Shakespeare that were inspired by Boccaccio * Includes a translation of Boccaccio’s ‘De Mulieribus Claris’, first time in digital print * Features two biographies - discover Boccaccio’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Decameron The Decameron: John Florio, 1620 The Decameron: John Payne, 1886 The Decameron: J. M. Rigg, 1903 The Decameron: Original Italian Text The Novels The Filocolo (Translated by H. G., London, 1566) The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta (Translated by Bartholomew Young, 1587) The Verse ‘The Knight’s Tale’ and ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ (Teseida) Il Filostrato (Translated by Hubertis Cummings) The Non-Fiction De Mulieribus Claris (Partially translated by Henry Parker, Lord Morely) The Life of Dante (Translated by James Robinson Smith) The Biographies Giovanni Boccaccio: A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton Giovanni Boccaccio by Francis Hueffer Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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1786561034

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On the Movement of Animals

By: Giovanni A. Borelli

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On the Movement of Animals

By: Giovanni A. Borelli

De Motu animalium is sometimes referred to in the medical literature. But who has read it? The book, originally published in Latin, seemingly constitutes the very first treatise on biomechanics. The author, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608 - 1679), was professor of mathematics and physics in Pisa where he worked with Malpighi, who was professor of theoretical medicine and focused Borelli's interest on the movements of living creatures. This was the time of Galileo, Descartes, Newton and many others, when sciences exploded, sometimes leading to conflicts with religious authorities. De Motu animalium, Borelli's life work, has two parts. In the first part, he analyses the action of the muscles, the movements of the limbs and motions of man and animals, including skating, running, jumping, swimming and flying. The second part deals with what is now called physiology, considered from the point of view of a mechanist: heart beat, blood circulation, breathing, separation of urine from the blood in the kidneys, liver function, reproduction, fatigue, thirst, hunger, fever, and so on. This work shows Borelli to be a genial precursor. He expresses his opinion as a mathematician on problems which afterwards further stimulated the curiosity and endeavours of many generations of researchers. This book will be welcomed by anybody who is interested in the working of living bodies and in the history of human knowledge.

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3642738125

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Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Boccaccio includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Boccaccio’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

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1788779061

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Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

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Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy

By: Giovanni Boccaccio

In the fall of 1373, the city of Florence commissioned Giovanni Boccaccio to give lectures on Dante for the general population. These lectures, undeniably the most learned of all the early commentaries, came to be known as the Expositions on Dante's Divine Comedy. Though interrupted at Inferno XVII, they provide profound, near-contemporary interpretations of Dante's poem and contain, in many ways, some of the most beautiful aspects of Boccaccio's admirable literary production: narrative vignettes worthy of the best pages of the Decameron, insights on the rapidly changing approach to literary commentary, and a heartfelt belief that poetry is the most faithful guardian of history, philosophy, and theology. Michael Papio's excellent translation finally makes the entirety of Boccaccio's often overlooked masterpiece accessible to a wider public and supplies a wealth of information in the introduction and notes that will prove useful to specialists and general readers alike.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802099750

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9780802099754

The She-Wolf and Other Stories

By: Giovanni Verga

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The She-Wolf and Other Stories

By: Giovanni Verga

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

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0520339576

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Cavalleria rusticana

By: Giovanni Verga

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Cavalleria rusticana

By: Giovanni Verga

Aonia edizioni. L'espressione "Cavalleria rusticana" richiama d'impulso alla mente un'opera lirica di successo alla quale si associano automaticamente i nomi di Giovanni Verga, per il soggetto, e di Pietro Mascagni, per la musica. Il "legame mentale", in realtà, nasconde una "separazione" che fu quanto mai netta e diede vita ad una accanita vertenza giudiziaria che contrappose per molti anni, e con molto accanimento, i due grandi artisti. All'origine di tutto c'è la novella "Cavalleria rusticana" che Giovanni Verga scrisse a Milano nell'inverno del 1879 (mentre già lavorava al romanzo "I Malavoglia") e che venne pubblicata per la prima volta l'8 marzo del 1880 sulla rivista "Fanfulla della Domenica". La novella raccontava in poche pagine di grande "realismo" espressivo la conclusione tragica della passione di un giovane siciliano, Turiddu Macca, per una bella compaesana, Lola...

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129127300X

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Book's by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti

The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion

Saving a World Treasure: Protecting Florence from Flooding

Saving a World Treasure: Protecting Florence from Flooding

Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories

Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

Etruria and the Origins of the Etruscans

Etruria and the Origins of the Etruscans

The Decameron and Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio (Illustrated)

The Decameron and Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio (Illustrated)

On the Movement of Animals

On the Movement of Animals

Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy

Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy

The She-Wolf and Other Stories

The She-Wolf and Other Stories

Cavalleria rusticana

Cavalleria rusticana

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