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Giovanni Sgambati (May 28, 1841, Rome – December 14, 1914, Rome) was an Italian composer. Born to an Italian father and an English mother, Sgambati, who lost his father early, received his early education at Trevi, in Umbria, where he wrote some church music and obtained experience as a singer and conductor. In 1860 he settled in Rome, and took up the work of winning acceptance for the best German music, then, as always, neglected in Italy. The influence and support of Franz Liszt, who was in Rome from 1861, was naturally of the greatest advantage to him, and concerts...

Nikki Giovanni has written more than two dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children’s books, and three collections of essays. The civil rights and black power movements informed her early poetry, collected in Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Black Judgement (1968), and Re: Creation (1970). Giovanni then wrote poems for children throughout the next decade. Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983) acknowledged notable black figures. Giovanni collected her essays in the 1988 volume Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles. Her three most recent works are Love Poems, Blues: For All the Changes, and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea; Poems and Not...

Inizia gli studi musicali a Taranto, li prosegue poi a Napoli preso il Conservatorio di S.Onofrio a Capuana, prima con Francesco Durante, poi con Carlo Catumacci e Gerolamo Abos. I primi successi da compositore, più precisamente da operista, li ottiene al Nord, a Bologna, dove debutta con Il ciarlone (1764), e poi Modena, Verona, Venezia. Rientrato a Napoli nel 1766, ottiene il suo primo trionfo napoletano nel 1767 con L'idolo cinese. A quest'opera fanno seguito tutta una serie di titoli che consolidano la sua fama, fino al Socrate immagionario, del 1775, che chiude il suo primo 'periodo' compositivo: la personalità...

See also Giovanni Caruso e o Escambau (Italian rock band) Giovanni Caruso is a classical guitarist specialising in the works of Leo Brouwer. .

Giovanni Martinelli (22 October 1885 – 2 February, 1969) was a celebrated Italian operatic tenor. He was particularly associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and appearing at other major international theatres. Martinelli was born in Montagnana, Veneto. After service as a clarinetist in a military band, he studied with Giuseppe Mandolini in Milan, and made his professional debut at the Teatro Dal Verme, as Ernani...