verdi

n. family name; Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Italian composer

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 –  January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century and went well beyond the work of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto and "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata. Although his work was sometimes criticized as catering to the tastes of the common folk, using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom, and having a tendency towards melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
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Noun
1. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901)
(synonym) Giuseppe Verdi, Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
(hypernym) composer

n. Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer

n. Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Italian composer

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