Word: italianization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...innocence as a forger, and the truth of his revelations as a spy, part of which he composed in the Brooklyn jail.) ; 8) Served as chief publicity agent for the famed Kapp putsch, which tried to restore the throne of Germany to the Hohenzollerns; 9) Arrested by the Italian police charged with complicity in the murder of the millionaire Socialist Deputy Matteotti (TIME June 23, 1924, et seq.); Escaped to Ceylon where he became a Buddhist and was known as "Dr. Tandler...
...even Premier Mussolini, is perhaps so much the idol and spoiled darling of the Italian people as Gabriele d'Annunzio. His brutally successful amours and the beauty of his poetry captivated them long ago. His capture of Fiume fired the awakening Nationalism of his countrymen to a pitch of frenzy at which he became almost deified. Last week there occurred a striking demonstration of the passionate esteem in which he is still held...
...descended from his luxurious retreat at Gardone to Milan, there to witness the Italian premiere of his highly sacrilegious opera, The Martyrdom of San Sebastian. The opera was explicitly barred to Catholics by the authorities at Rome after its French premiere in 1911. What of that? D'Annunzio donned the uniform of a General of the Air Service, caused his valet to obscure his chest with medals, and strode to the performance. With complete assurance he had caused it to be presented at La Scala, the leading theatre in Italy, with a seating capacity of 3,600. Despite...
...account of the Italian premiere of The Martyrdom of San, Sebastian, an opera by Gabriele d'Annunzio with a score by Debussy see ITALY...
...Lauro de Bosis, Royal Commissioner of the Modern Italian Art Exhibit in America and Director of the Classical Theatre on the Palatine in Rome, is bringing a subject as good as his titles with him to the Fogg Museum at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. He will be talking on the history of culture in Italy, more specifically on the reaction to the Middle Ages, a lecture made for vagabonds, especially those who have seen the exhibit which Dr. de Bosis has brought to the Fine Arts Museum...