puccini

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Puccini
    n 1: Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of
         his operas (1858-1924) [syn: {Puccini}, {Giacomo Puccini}]

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

PUCCINI

Giacomo, maker of tunes and curtain calls.  A musician
who did not starve, and who gave the classical name "La
Faniculla del West" to the plain "girl of the golden west."

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