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La Serenissima is a British early music/period instrument ensemble founded in 1994 by violinist Adrian Chandler, who has served as the group's director since its creation.. Taking its name from La Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia (Italian for The Most Serene Republic of Venice), the ensemble specializes in the music of Venetian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) and his contemporari
La Serenissima, a 1981 album by Rondò Veneziano, also released as Venice in Peril "La Serenissima", a single by Rondò Veneziano, later covered by DNA and by Mike Candys "La Serenissima", an instrumental track from Loreena McKennitt's release, The Book of Secrets (1997)
Recitative (lyrics not to be sung but to be recited, imitating the natural inflections of speech) religioso Religious repente Suddenly reprise Repetition of a phrase or verse; return to the original theme restez (Fr.) Stay in position, i.e., do not shift (string instruments) retenu (Fr.) Hold back; same as the Italian ritenuto (see below) Ridicolo
On 9 August 1918, as commander of the 87th fighter squadron "La Serenissima", he organized one of the great feats of the war, leading nine planes in a 700-mile round trip to drop propaganda leaflets on Vienna. This is called in Italian "il Volo su Vienna", "the Flight over Vienna". [29]
La Serenissima is the second studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1981 through Baby Records. In Australia and the UK, the album was released under the title Venice in Peril. [1] The album managed to reach the top 40 of the chart in both countries, [2] [3] and was certified gold in the UK. [4]
A version of "La Serenissima" (the theme from the album Venice in Peril) was released in the United Kingdom as a single and reached number 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1983. [9] The track was also widely used at that time by BBC Television, as the theme tune to Hospital Watch.
The canzone (German: Kanzone) is the characteristic strophic form of Minnesang, the Middle High German lyric genre. In Minnesang, the canzone follows the tri-partite structure of the Provençal canso: two metrically identical Stollen ("supports") form the Aufgesang (literally "up-song"), which is followed by a metrically distinct Abgesang ("down-song").
" This relies on the fact that the French word for melon is also the name for the iconic British bowler hat; with no way to convey this in the English translation, in the British edition Obelix says, "I say, Asterix, I think this bridge is falling down" (a reference to the children's rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down"), leaving the original ...