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[[Image:Puccini.jpg|thumb|Giacomo Puccini]]
[[Image:Puccini.jpg|thumb|Giacomo Puccini]]
'''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]] who wrote in a style called “verismo” (reality); the operatic equivalent of the writings of the [[French]] novelist, [[Émile_Zola]] with plots that tended to concentrate on unpleasant realities, quite often with unpleasant characters.
'''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]] who wrote in a style called “verismo” (reality); the operatic equivalent of the writings of the [[French]] novelist, [[Émile Zola]] with plots that tended to concentrate on unpleasant realities, quite often with unpleasant characters.
In this, he is like [[Pietro Mascagni]] and [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]].
In this, he is like [[Pietro Mascagni]] and [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]].
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... on his own most characteristic level, where passion, sensuality, tenderness, pathos and despair meet and fuse, he was an unrivaled master. His melodic gift and harmonic sensibility, his consummate skill in orchestration and unerring sense of theater combined to create a style that was wholly original, homogeneous and compelling. <ref>[http://http://www.lcsproductions.net/MusicHistory/MusHistRev/Composers/Puccini.html]</ref>
... on his own most characteristic level, where passion, sensuality, tenderness, pathos and despair meet and fuse, he was an unrivaled master. His melodic gift and harmonic sensibility, his consummate skill in orchestration and unerring sense of theater combined to create a style that was wholly original, homogeneous and compelling.<ref>[http://www.lcsproductions.net/MusicHistory/MusHistRev/Composers/Puccini.html]</ref>
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006242/ Filmography]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006242/ Filmography]
==Reference==
==References==
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*http://www.lcsproductions.net/MusicHistory/MusHistRev/Composers/Puccini.html
*http://www.lcsproductions.net/MusicHistory/MusHistRev/Composers/Puccini.html