Word: yolanda
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...back again on a par with painting. Women have given birth to no great music. There have been no Beethovens among them, no Bachs, no Wagners. There have been no conductors of importance, no Toscaninis, no Stokowskis, no Mucks. Olga Samaroff, Guiomar Noväes, Gitta Gradova, Myra Hess, Yolanda Merp are capable pianists, but then so is Ignace Jan Paderewski. The list might...
...rather wild in their ways, with a hatred of the trammels of society; the fact is, they have not been trained to take their places in society as leaders at all, and the King is very much embarrassed about this. He was obliged to consent to his eldest daughter, Yolanda, marrying a poor Italian nobleman because Yolanda obstinately refused to give him up, and now Mafalda has married a poor German Protestant prince, one of a large family in which are three sets of twins! These marriages are very unpopular in Italy, as the Italians feel mortified by them...
...been in love with the tall, handsome Italian Princess for some years, but the Italian King and Queen have steadfastly opposed the marriage because the Prince is a Protestant and the Princess a Catholic. There were obviously other reasons. The intervention on behalf of the lovers by Princess Yolanda, who is happily married to Count Carlo Calvi di Bergolo, allegedly overcame their Majesties' scruples and the marriage is to take place. The date was not mentioned...
Died. Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo, Prince of Montemagno, 6 days old, only grandson of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, son of Princess Yolanda, the King's eldest daughter, and Count Calvi di Bergolo; in Pinerolo, Italy, of bronchial pneumonia...
Born. To King Victor Emmanuel, a grandson, Giorgio, son of Princess Yolanda and Count Calvi di Bergolo; in Pinerolo, Italy...