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Definition of Puccini
1. Noun. Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puccini
Literary usage of Puccini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 (1911)
"Puccini in his study. The musical message of Puccini; a review of Dry, May, 1907.
p. 549-51. ... Puccini, (in his Aspects of of music and musicians. ..."
2. 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)
"After some musical study at home with Angeloni, Puccini entered the Milan Conservatory
... In 1893 Puccini was elected professor of composition at the Milan ..."
3. 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)
"After some musical study at home with Angeloni, Puccini entered the Milan Conservatory
... In 1893 Puccini was elected professor of composition at the Milan ..."
4. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"It is somewhat unusual, therefore, that Puccini should have selected the Abbe
Prevost's book, "Manon Lescaut," as a theme for an opera nine years after the ..."
5. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of One Hundred Operas with Five by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1913)
"THE STORY This early Puccini opera was performed by a struggling opera company
in 1898, but the performance was so wholly bad that we have made no mention ..."
6. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"But Puccini had two things powerfully in his favor: a bulldog tenacity of ...
Angeloni secured Puccini a position as organist in a little church of Lucca, ..."
7. The Lure of Music: Picturing the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1922)
"In his youth Puccini, born at Lucca, June 22, 1858, was a disappointment to ...
But Puccini had two things powerfully in his favor: a bulldog tenacity of ..."
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