Definition of Giacomo Puccini

1. Noun. Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924).

Exact synonyms: Puccini
Generic synonyms: Composer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giacomo Puccini

Ghomara
Ghon's complex
Ghon's focus
Ghon's primary lesion
Ghon's tubercle
Ghon-Sachs bacillus
Ghotuo
GiB
Giacometti
Giacomini
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Puccini (current term)
Giambattista Lulli
Giambattista Marini
Giambattista Marino
Gian Carlo Menotti
Gianbattista Bodoni
Gianna
Gianni Versace
Giannis
Giannitsa
Giannuzzi
Giannuzzi's crescents
Giannuzzi's demilunes
Gianotti
Gianotti-Crosti syndrome

Literary usage of Giacomo Puccini

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"MADAME BUTTERFLY Founded on the book of John Luther Long and the drama by Japanese Lyric Tragedy in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. David Belasco. ..."

2. Masters of Italian Music by Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1895)
"Giacomo Puccini THOSE who look with disfavour on what, for the sake of convenience, we call the school of " Young Italy," are sometimes inclined to dismiss ..."

3. The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together with 400 of the by Gustav Kobbé, Katharine Wright (1922)
"... Giacomo Puccini (1858- ) "T'HIS composer, born in Lucca, Italy, June 22, 1858, * first studied music in his native place as a private pupil of Angeloni. ..."

4. Modern Drama and Opera: Reading Lists on the Works of Various Authors by Clara A. Mulliken Norton, Frank Keller Walter, Fanny Elsie Marquand, Archibald Henderson (1915)
"Streatfeild, RA Giacomo Puccini. (In his Masters of Italian music. 1895. pp. 189-213.) Description of Edgar, pp. 202-04. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST. ..."

5. The Lure of Music: Picturing the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1922)
"Giacomo Puccini, composer of "La Bo- heme," "Tosca," "Madam Butterfly," and other of the most popular operas of the present day ..."

6. The Mentor: A Wise and Faithful Guide and FriendArt (1913)
"... one of the intaglio-gravure pictures illustrating "Makers of Modern Opera." Giacomo Puccini Wednesday Daily Reading in the Mentor Course Giacomo Puccini ..."

7. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"Of his personal characteristics one who knows and appreciates him gives this vivid and intimate portrait: Giacomo Puccini. meet and observe in the flesh, ..."

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