词汇 | verdi verdi |
词源 | Verdi! Verdi! The Austrians occupying northern Italy in the 19th century couldn’t understand why the chant Verdi! Verdi! at the end of operas written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi frequently inspired anti-Austrian riots. They finally learned that Verdi was also an acronym for the name of the man Garibaldi was advocating as head of a united Italy: Vittorio Emanuele, Re d’Italia (“Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy”). After the Austrians were expelled in 1857 Victor Emmanuel was crowned king. |
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