"Datemi il conto della lavandaia e vi metterò in musica anche quello."
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Indro Montanelli L'Italia giacobina e carbonara, Rizzoli, Milano 1972, p. 612.
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Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (February 29 1792 – November 13 1868) was an Italian composer who lived for much of his adult life in France. He is best remembered for the approximately 40 operas he wrote in his youth, though his chamber music and sacred works are also highly regarded by many.
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