The cor anglais, or English horn is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto oboe in F.
James Healey Willan was an Anglo-Canadian organist and composer. He composed more than 800 works including operas, symphonies, chamber music, a concerto, and pieces for band, orchestra, organ, and piano. He is best known for his church music.
Giovanni Papini was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and most enthusiastic representative and promoter of Italian pragmatism. Papini was admired for his writing style and engaged in heated polemics. Involved with avant-garde movements such as futurism and post-decadentism, he moved from one political and philosophical position to another, always dissatisfied and uneasy: he converted from anti-clericalism and atheism to Catholicism, and went from convinced interventionism – before 1915 – to an aversion to war. In the 1930s, after moving from individualism to conservatism, he finally became a fascist, while maintaining an aversion to Nazism.
The Alexander Romance, once described as "antiquity's most successful novel", is an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. The Romance describes Alexander the Great from his birth, to his succession of the throne of Macedon, his conquests including that of the Persian Empire, and finally his death. Although constructed around an historical core, the romance is mostly fantastical, including many miraculous tales and encounters with mythical creatures such as sirens or centaurs. In this context, the term Romance refers not to the meaning of the word in modern times but in the Old French sense of a novel or roman, a "lengthy prose narrative of a complex and fictional character".
Gogs!, or simply Gogs, is a Welsh claymation-style animated television series which took the form of a sitcom, originally aired on S4C in 1993, and aired in the rest of the UK on the BBC in 1996. Gogs has since been aired internationally and still enjoys re-runs on occasion.
Giuseppe Prezzolini was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor and writer. He later became an American citizen.
The Story of a Humble Christian is a historical play by the Italian writer Ignazio Silone, translated into English by William Weaver in 1970. It tells the story of Pope Celestine V.
Mario Stefani was an Italian poet.
Rodolfo Celletti (1917–2004) was an Italian musicologist, critic, voice teacher, and novelist. Considered one of the leading scholars of the operatic voice and the history of operatic performance, he published many books and articles on the subject as well as several novels.
Fillìa was the name adopted by Luigi Colombo, an Italian artist associated with the second generation of Futurism. Aside from painting, his works included interior design, architecture, furniture and decorative objects.
Massimo Mattioli was an Italian artist and cartoonist. He was known for his humorous children's work and adult comics series. He's also a person who designed Om Nom from the first-three seasons of Om Nom Stories.
La maschera e il volto is a comedy of grotesque genre by Luigi Chiarelli. Written in 1913 and first presented in 1916, it is historically significant for starting the contemporary grotesque theatre. It had a great success first in Italy and then internationally, and continues to be represented. Several movies have been adapted from the play.
Agostino is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was filmed in Rome and Venice. It was the first of many movies John Saxon would make in Italy.
Can't Pay? Won't Pay! is a play originally written in Italian by Dario Fo in 1974. Regarded as Fo's best-known play internationally after Morte accidentale di un anarchico, it had been performed in 35 countries by 1990. Considered a Marxist political farce, it is a comedy about consumer backlash against high prices.
Alberto Denti di Pirajno was an Italian writer, medical doctor, and gastronome. He is now best known for his 1955 book, A Cure for Serpents.
Francesca da Rimini is a 1901 play by the Italian writer Gabriele d'Annunzio. It tells the story of how Francesca da Rimini falls in love with her brother-in-law in the 13th century.
Enrico Emanuelli was an Italian novelist, essayist and journalist.
Woman Like Me is a 1940 short story collection by the Italian writer Curzio Malaparte.
The Volga Rises in Europe is a book of World War II journalism by the Italian writer Curzio Malaparte.
The Story of Christ, published as Life of Christ in the United States, is a 1921 book by the Italian writer Giovanni Papini. It is Papini's retelling of the stories of the Biblical Gospels.
