Difference between revisions of "Corpo di barragio"
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| − | Corno di | + | * '''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 | ||
Revision as of 09:28, 3 April 2011
- 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
