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:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“It was a poetic recreation to watch those distant sails steering for half-fabulous ports, whose very names are a mysterious music to our ears.... It is remarkable that men do not sail the sea with more expectation. Nothing was ever accomplished in a prosaic mood.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)