Word origins

• fortepianoA keyboard instrument; the smaller, quieter precursor to the pianoforte.
• CoralloA surname from Italian.
• LupicaA surname from Italian.
• impastoThe use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
• ingratiateTo bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
• FioritoA surname from Italian.
• DeluciaA surname from Italian.
• consortialOf, pertaining to, or resulting from a consortium.
• SodanoA surname from Italian.
• zanellaAn Italian wool or twill fabric.
• BellancaA surname from Italian.
• stagioneA system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.
• occhioA sound hole
• ScoccaA surname from Italian.
• seccoDry.
• CastellanetaA surname from Italian.
• TalaricoA surname from Italian.
• primitivoA grape variety from Puglia, genetically identical to zinfandel; the red wine made from this grape.
• FiorettiA surname from Italian.
• CatalanottoA surname from Italian.
• MirabileA surname from Italian.
• GalassiA surname from Italian.
• MorettoA surname from Italian.
• MascioA surname from Italian.
• BongiovanniA surname.
• PizziA surname from Italian.
• CarelliA surname from Italian.
• trilloA trill or shake.
• pellagraA disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
• SilvestroA surname from Italian.
• CaltagironeA city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
• MatteucciA surname from Italian.
• nielloAny of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
• GiacominiA surname from Italian.
• CantoneA surname from Italian.
• LamannaA surname from Italian.
• ManninoA surname from Italian.
• CerviA surname from Italian.
• LangheA hilly area in southwestern Piedmont, Italy.
• BoitanoA surname from Italian.
• rubatoA tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.
• ScalzoA surname from Italian.
• DelorenzoA surname from Italian.
• ZappalaA surname from Italian.
• GerardiAn Italian surname.
• MelfiA surname from Italian.
• CelanoA surname from Italian.
• SirianniA surname from Italian.
• MalliaA surname from Italian.
• CiampaA surname from Italian.
• SiricoA surname from Italian.
• fermataThe holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
• relazioneA report presented by Venetian ambassadors of the social conditions in foreign countries.
• sestinaA highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
• AulettaA surname from Italian.
• notturnoA nocturne.
• LuzziA surname from Italian.
• MarangoniA surname
• GeraceA surname from Italian.
• DaddarioA surname.
• ContiniA surname from Italian.
• spintoA soprano or tenor voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic, capable of handling large musical climaxes in opera at moderate intervals.
• VittiA surname from Italian.
• CarolloA surname from Italian.
• berlinettaAn especially sporty form of coupé car.
• AzzarelloA surname from Italian.
• FrancesconiA surname from Italian.
• PicardoA surname from Italian.
• ArmidaThe enchantress in Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, subsequently adapted in numerous operas.
• DipasqualeA surname from Italian.
• TomaselliA surname from Italian.
• RiggioA surname from Italian.
• sicilianaA Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure.
• CataneseA surname from Italian.
• traversoA transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.
• SardoA surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
• ScipioneA surname from Italian.
• GottoA surname from Italian.
• cappuccioA hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.
• CaminitiA surname.
• OnoratoA surname from Italian.
• braccioAn Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard.
• SaraccoA surname from Italian.
• NotaroA surname from Italian.
• CaltanissettaA city and province of Sicily, Italy.
• CallegariA surname from Italian.
• limoncelloA kind of Italian lemon-flavoured liqueur.
• crudoA dish made of raw fish or seafood.
• MennaA surname from Italian.
• MinichielloA surname from Italian.
• PortoferraioA city and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, in the north of Elba, featuring a prominent harbour.
• SciortinoA surname from Italian [in turn from Arabic].
• RonchettiA surname from Italian
• DiorioA surname from Italian.
• BarrettaA surname from Italian.
• SottileA surname from Italian.
• autostradaA motorway in Italy (and some other countries)
• AcriA town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
• amorosaA wanton woman; a courtesan.
• IacovelliA surname from Italian.