Sentence examples for chiesa from inspiring English sources

Compare sonata da chiesa.

His later works, some of which were written with Rame, include Tutta casa, letto e chiesa (1978; "All House, Bed, and Church"; Eng. trans.

The 40-odd chamber works of George Frideric Handel (1685 1759), representing both chiesa and camera types, contain a wealth of melody and carefully worked-out fugal movements and are filled with the rhythmic drive that represents Handel at his best.

The first eight of his concerti grossi are da chiesa (church-style), in four to seven movements, the last four da camera (court-style), in five movements.

Corelli still made the loose distinction, best known in the 17th-century sonata, between da chiesa and da camera that is, church and court-style, or serious and light.

For church use the dance movements were omitted, and what came to be called a church sonata (sonata da chiesa) resulted.

"Since classical times, the theatre has been used as a means of communication, especially at difficult moments, as during dictatorships," said Fernando Dalla Chiesa, the centre-left senator who plays the part of Mr Berlusconi.

November 21, 1854 Pegli, Italy January 22, 1922 Rome, Italy Benedict XV, original name Giacomo Della Chiesa (born Nov. 21, 1854, Pegli, Kingdom of Sardinia died Jan . 22 , 1922Rome) pope from 1914 to 1922.

After a series of high-profile Mafia assassinations of major political and institutional figures, above all prefect-general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (and his wife) in Palermo in 1982, local elites began to evolve a strategy for combating the Mafia.

Among them was Mario Chiesa, who collected bribes from undertakers for bidies from a hospice, and whose wife demanded a portion of his bribes in their divorce settlement.

This seat is currently held by a Republican — Jeffrey Chiesa, the former state attorney general who was appointed to the seat by Gov. Chris Christie after the death of the Democratic incumbent Frank R. Lautenberg.