Difference between revisions of "Corpo di barragio"

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Corno di bassetto (used as pseudonym by G.B. Shaw)
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* '''Corpo di Bacco!''' (''Italian'') By Jove! (literally: ''Body of Bacchus!'')
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* '''Corno di Bassetto:''' (''Italian'') basset horn, a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family → continues the theatrical and musical analogies begun by the reference to the Gaiety Theatre's "chest C" → ''Corno di Bassetto'' was the ''nom de plume'' used by George Bernard Shaw when writing as music critic of ''The Star'' in the 1880s
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* '''barraggio:''' (''Italian'') dam → suggests ''damn'', another oath
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[[Category: Shaw]]
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* '''barraggio:''' (''Italian'') barrage, as in a military barrage → line 5 below

Latest revision as of 10:44, 9 August 2012

  • Corpo di Bacco! (Italian) By Jove! (literally: Body of Bacchus!)
  • Corno di Bassetto: (Italian) basset horn, a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family → continues the theatrical and musical analogies begun by the reference to the Gaiety Theatre's "chest C" → Corno di Bassetto was the nom de plume used by George Bernard Shaw when writing as music critic of The Star in the 1880s
  • barraggio: (Italian) dam → suggests damn, another oath
  • barraggio: (Italian) barrage, as in a military barrage → line 5 below