Word: neapolitan
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rest of the verse in the number is less ambitious. There are two sonnets, and a scene from nature in quatrains. Under the title "Them Marionettes," R. Altrocchi has cleverly adapted from the Neapolitan of Trilussa the description of a box of puppets after the play is over. The incongruity of the masquerade of dialect words and phra67ses in the most exquisite of literary forms humorously suggests the world of the marionettes, and the perfect equality and fraternity that prevail in the box symbolize the artificiality of social distinctions. This point is obscured, however, by the simile "like slaughtered sheep...
...Boheme," Puccini 4. Waltz, "A Night in Venice," Strauss 5. Ballet Music from "La Gioconda," Ponchielli 6. Minuet for String Orchestra, Bolzoni 7. Selection, "Mme. Butterfly," Puccini 8. Overture, "William Tell," Rossini Violoncello Solo, Mr. Josef Keller. 9. Selection, "Aida," Verdi 10. Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana," Mascagni 11. "Neapolitan Fisherman," Rubinstein 12. March, "Boccaccio," Suppe
...Concert at Symphony Hall night: 1. "Pomp and Circumstance," Military March No. 1, Elgar 2. Waltz, "Gross-Wien," Strauss 3. Selection from "Romeo and Juliet," Gounod 4. Overture, "Orpheus aux Enfers," Offenbach 5. Prelude to Act I and III, "Lohengrin," Wagner 6. Waltz, "Vienna Blood," Strauss 7. "Neapolitan Mandolin Players," Reinecke 8. Selection from "King Dodo," Luders 9. Ballet Music from "Le Cid," Massenet a. Aragonaise; b. Madrilene; c. Navarraise. 10. Country Dance. Orchestrated by G. Strube, Nevin 11. Waltz Tzigane, "Loin du pays," Berger 12. March, "Hussar Drill," Zach
...Concert at Symphony Hall Monday night: 1. "Pomp and Circumstance," Military March No. 1, Elgar 2. Waltz, "Gross-Wien," Strauss 3. Selection from "Romeo and Juliet," Gounod 4. Overture, "Orpheus aux Enfers," Offenbach 5. Prelude to Act I and III, "Lohengrin," Wagner 6. Waltz, "Vienna Blood," Strauss 7. "Neapolitan Mandolin Players," Reinecke 8. Selection from "King Dodo," Luders 9. Ballet Music from "Le Cid," Massenet a. Aragonaise; b. Madrilene; c. Navarraise. 10. Country Dance. Orchestrated by G. Strube, Nevin 11. Waltz Tzigane, "Loin du pays," Berger 12. March, "Hussar Drill," Zach