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Pergolesi [per-gaw-le-zee] Examples noun
- Gio·van·ni Bat·tis·ta [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/, 1710–36, Italian composer.
Examples from the Web for pergolesi Historical Examples of pergolesi
It was a splendid edition, in score, of Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater.”
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2
Elizabeth Sheppard
This brilliant genius, Pergolesi, died in 1736, at the age of twenty-six.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
Rupert Hughes
Should my line of action with regard to Pergolesi be dominated by my love or by my respect for his music?
Igor Stravinsky
Went down after reading her letter, and played and sang the Gloria in Excelsis of Pergolesi, with all my soul.
Charles Reade
(A piano starts playing in the adjoining room—an ancient lune, full of soft and solemn melody; the “Nina” of Pergolesi).
Luigi Pirandello
British Dictionary definitions for pergolesi Pergolesi noun
- 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