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Baptismal records indicate that Corelli was born on 17 February 1653 in the small Romagna town of Fusignano, then in the diocese of Ferrara, [21] in the Papal States.His ancestors had been in Fusignano and land-owners there since 1506, when a Corelli moved to the area from Rome.
Arcangelo Corelli. Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4, is a composition by Arcangelo Corelli, and was published as the fourth concerto in his Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 in 1714. This concerto grosso is the second most notable of the twelve, after No. 8, the famous Christmas Concerto.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, [1] is a 1994 [2] novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 19 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a 2001 war film directed by John Madden.It is based on the 1994 novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières.The film pays homage to the thousands of Italian soldiers executed at the Massacre of the Acqui Division by German forces in Cephalonia in September 1943, and to the people of Cephalonia who were killed in the post-war earthquake.
Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti written by Arcangelo Corelli probably in the 1680s but not prepared for publication until 1714. They are among the finest and first examples of concerti grossi : concertos for a concertino group (here a 1st violin, a 2nd violin and a cello) and a ripieno group of strings with ...
The Western Knife Company was an American manufacturer of hunting knives which began operations in Boulder, Colorado in 1911. The company is probably best known for its "Bowie" style hunting knives. The company was purchased by Coleman (the famous manufacturer of outdoor equipment) in 1984. Camillus Cutlery Company purchased Western in 1992
Location of Boulder County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.