Other famous Corelli

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Other Famous Corelli's
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Other famous Corellis

• This exposition will be about famous people whose
  surname was also Corelli, like Captain Corelli
• It will briefly outline their lives and major
  achievements and will explore their links to the
  book or its characters, if any

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The Corellis

• The exposition will analyse the following people

• Arcangelo Corelli - composer

• Franco Corelli - tenor

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Arcangelo Corelli(1653-1713)

• Born in Fusignano, Italy
• Italian composer and violinist
• His style of playing became the basis for the
  violin technique of the 18th and 19th centuries

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Arcangelo Corelli(1653-1713)

• He was the most widely published and reprinted
  composer before the Austrian Joseph Haydn
• He was the first composer to gain an
  international reputation solely on the basis of
  his instrumental music

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Corelli to Corelli

• The obvious link between this Corelli and the
  book is that he developed and played instruments
  very much like the mandolin, string instruments.
• He was a composer, just like Captain Corelli is
  in the book and they both had talent composing

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Franco Corelli

• Franco Corelli was born in Ancona, Italy, on 8
  April
• Well known Italian tenor
• Franco Corelli has sung in major houses
  throughout the world and recital halls as well

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Franco Corelli

• In 1951 he won the Maggio Musicale competition in
  Florence
• He made his debut at Spoleto in 1951 singing Don
  Jose in "Carmen"
• Giulietta e Romeo,"La vestale, "Tosca, "Il
  Trovatore" are some of his performances until 1976

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Corelli to Corelli

• There is not much in common between Franco
  Corelli and Captain Corelli
• The link between them is that they both perform
  music, either vocal or instrumental
• With respect to their characters, Franco Corelli
  was a very reserved person so no comparison is
  possible

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Acknowledgements

• Most of the information for this presentation was
  taken from
• Encarta Encyclopaedia
• http//sites.netscape.net/orpheusandlyra/franco
• http//www.geocities.com0080/Vienna/Strasse/3468/
  Corelli.htm
• For further information, visit these sites