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Italianism

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I·tal·ian·ism  (-tly-nzm)
n.
1. An Italian idiom or custom.
2. A quality characteristic of Italy or its people.
Italianism [ɪˈtæljəˌnɪzəm], Italicism [ɪˈtælɪˌsɪzəm]
n
1. an Italian custom or style
2. Italian quality or life, or the cult of either
Italianism
an Italian loanword in English, as chiaroscuro. Also Italicism.
See also: Language
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We find a certain Italianism outside his sacred music in Rusalka: some prominent vocal parts and most strikingly the heroine aria Mesicku na nebi hlubokem [Moon in the Deep Sky], including stylisation and the instrumentation of the orchestral accompaniment, have affinities with the contemporary idiom of Italian verism.
The sources of Antonin Dvorak's music by Smolka, Jaroslav / Czech Music
Cymbeline activates an English discourse of Italianism in act 1, scene 4, which takes place in contemporary Italy; significantly, the play sustains rather than counters this discourse in act 1, scene 5, when the action returns to Britain and the queen hatches her plan to poison Imogen.
Anachronistic Italy: cultural alliances and national identity in ... by Parolin, Peter A. / Shakespeare Studies
 
 
 
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