Leoncavallo

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Le·on·ca·val·lo

(lā′ōn-kə-vä′lō, -kä-väl′-), Ruggero 1858-1919.

Italian composer who wrote the opera Pagliacci (1892).

Leoncavallo

(Italian leoŋkaˈvallo)

(Biography) Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858–1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)

Le•on•ca•val•lo

(ˌleɪ ɔn kəˈvɑ loʊ, leɪˌoʊn-)

n.

Ruggiero, 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.

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Two composers, Henri Tomasi and Ruggiero Leoncavallo, were featured.

Symphony Pro Musica burns with `Fire in Winter'

Konrad Dryden's life and works of the Italian verismo composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) is the first fully-documented biography of the composer to appear to date, and follows the author's biography of Riccardo Zandonai (another Italian opera composer whose best known work is Francesco da Rimini).

Leoncavallo: Life and Works

Best known as the composer of Pagliacci, Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) created many other operatic works, including Chatterton, Der Roland von Berlin, and La boheme.

Leoncavallo; life and works

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