Word: boccaccio
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...Danube," J. Strauss 5 Prelude to Act III "Lohengrin," Wagner 6 Overture, "Poet and Peasant," Suppe 7 Hymn to St. Cecilia, Gounod 8 Suite from ballet, "La Belle au Bois Dormant," Tschaikowski 9 Overture, "Orpheus," Offenback 10 Waltz, "Jolly Fellows," Vollstedt 11 Selection, "Babes in Toyland," Herbert 12 March, "Boccaccio," Suppe...
...Sandys of Cambridge, England, delivered the first of the Lane lectures for this year in the Fogg Lecture Room last night. His subject was "Petrarch and Boccaccio...
Closely associated with Petrarch is Boccaccio. Like the Florentine, he was early attracted by Latin and Greek literature. He especially admired Livy and Tacitus, whom he frequently quoted in his epistles. His most famous work is a "Follo on Mythology," the earliest book on the subject. As with Petrarch, Boccaccio's greatest service to literature was his preservation of ancient manuscripts...
...John Edwin Sandys of Cambridge, England, will give the first of the Lane lectures for this year on "The Study of Latin during the Revival of Learning in Italy" this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fogg Lecture Room. The subject of the lecture will be "Petrarch and Boccaccio...
...CLASSICAL LECTURES. I. "Petrarch and Boccaccio," Dr. Sandys, of Cambridge, England. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...