Italian Music

The term Italian music is ambiguous and may refer to several topics:

  • The music of Italy
  • The folk, popular, classical (especially opera) musics of Italy and the Italian peoples
  • The music of Italian people in the United States or other countries

Famous quotes containing the words italian and/or music:

    “Their martyred blood and ashes sow
    O’er all the Italian fields where still doth sway
    The triple tyrant; that from these may grow
    A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way,
    Early may fly the Babylonian woe.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man’s morning work in this world?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)