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- handle: 10670/1.83cj4g
- isbn: 9781783742134
- eisbn: 9782821881648
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Massimo Zicari, « 13. Inno delle nazioni (1862) », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.83cj4g
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In 1862, Verdi’s cantata Inno delle nazioni was the object of an animated discussion which unfolded in the columns of The Times. From 1 May until 1 November 1862, the Great Exhibition, a world’s fair, was to be held in London and sponsored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade. A new gigantic building was constructed to house the fair in South Kensington, and four musicians of international prominence were asked to compose a new work to inaugurate the event. On 6 July 1861, The...