Word: signoralli
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have been a David. Recently Dealer Wildenstein went back to the same al bum, which also includes sketches for the Salon of 1804. There he came upon the Frick's David under "Painting No. 114." But the legend in the catalogue read: "Mme. Davin-Mirvault, portrait of Signor Bruni, composer, former conductor of the orchestra at the Opéra-Buffa...
...cattier friends. On Feb. 3, 1806, Mme. Moitte went to Mme. Davin's for dinner. She reported that the wine was inferior, that the fried cakes were undercooked, and that the candles "reeked of grease." As a final social note, she added that Mme. Davin sang and that Signor Bruni "played the violin...
Frank Glazer Plays Musical Autographs (Concert-Disc). The musical calling cards of the great composers as they were inscribed in various souvenir albums. Included are Mozart's Marche Funebre del Signor Maestro Contrapunto (Funeral March of Master Counterpoint), a mock-heroic exercise for his pupil, Babette Ployer; Beethoven's graceful and pensive Bagatelle for Therese Malfatti, the 18-year-old niece of his doctor; Wagner's Ankunft bei den Schwarzen Schwänen (Arrival at the Black Swans), which sounds a little like Tristan und Isolde as written by Frédéric Chopin...
...brawlers were hauled off to Rome's Queen of Heaven clink, Barrymore, Gaby and Gaby's papa went there to spring the Palazzoli boys, so ardently set about liberating the captives that they soon were jugged themselves. Let off with an eight-month suspended sentence (Gaby and Signor Palazzoli were exonerated). Suitor Barrymore whisked Gaby off to be fitted for a wedding gown, announced that they will wed this week...
...Plunging wholeheartedly into the timeless rituals of Lombard courtship, Francesco promenaded beneath her window, cultivated her friends and relatives, encountered her "by chance" when she went strolling. Angela played her part by being good, like a signorina should. When they met, she would say politely, "Buon-giorno, Signor Ghizzoni" and coolly ignore his urgings to "call me Francesco." He asked for a date, and Angela refused. He sent her gifts. Angela returned them...