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Page 98
... comic operas won him the title " father of the opera buffa . ” His nickname derives from his birthplace , Burano . Galuppi was taught by his father , a barber and violinist , and studied under A. Lotti in Galuppi , oil painting by an ...
... comic operas won him the title " father of the opera buffa . ” His nickname derives from his birthplace , Burano . Galuppi was taught by his father , a barber and violinist , and studied under A. Lotti in Galuppi , oil painting by an ...
Page 264
... comic operas . Gilbert began to write in an age of rhymed couplets , puns , and travesty ; his early work exhibits the facetiousness common to writers of extravaganza . But he turned away from this style and developed a genuinely artful ...
... comic operas . Gilbert began to write in an age of rhymed couplets , puns , and travesty ; his early work exhibits the facetiousness common to writers of extravaganza . But he turned away from this style and developed a genuinely artful ...
Page 390
... comic strip that became the first popular cops - and - robbers se- ries . Gould studied cartooning through a corre- spondence school , briefly drew sports cartoons in Oklahoma , then worked for the Chicago Daily News . " Dick Tracy ...
... comic strip that became the first popular cops - and - robbers se- ries . Gould studied cartooning through a corre- spondence school , briefly drew sports cartoons in Oklahoma , then worked for the Chicago Daily News . " Dick Tracy ...
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