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...world's great equestrian statues; several casts of it are in U. S. museums. The statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere (a Medici, only one of the family who ever became a soldier) sits before the Medici church of San Lorenzo in Florence. Its sculptor was Baccio Bandinelli who considered himself a rival of Michelangelo. Michelangelo himself said the statue looked like a sack of melons...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: Italian Night. 1.Marcia Reale, Gabetti 2. Overture, "La Gazza Ladra," Rossini 3. Waltz, "I Baccio," Arditi 4. Selection, "Aida," Verdi 5. Overture, "William Tell," Rossini 6. Vesshie Minuette, Sgambati 7. Selection, "La Boheme," Puccini 8. Ballet Music from "La Gioconda," Ponchinelli 9. Selection, "Rigoletto," Verdi 10. Sextette from "Lucia," Donizetti 11. Waltz, "Artist's Life," Strauss 12. March, "Boccaccio," Suppe
...give even the most meagre description of the collection would be a fruitless task; every one who is interested in art ought to examine it for himself and pass judgment upon it; still, we may mention here two gems of the collection. One is an engraving by Baccio Baldini, one of the very earliest Italian engravers, born in 1437. It is a unique impression of a circular silver plate about four inches in diameter; one of a set of twenty-four, described in books as bought in Florence over a hundred years ago, and which were for many years...
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