OTTAVIO RINUCCINI
\ɒtˈavɪˌə͡ʊ ɹˌɪnuːt͡ʃˈiːnɪ], \ɒtˈavɪˌəʊ ɹˌɪnuːtʃˈiːnɪ], \ɒ_t_ˈa_v_ɪ__ˌəʊ ɹ_ˌɪ_n_uː_tʃ_ˈiː_n_ɪ]\
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An Italian poet and gentleman; born at Florence in 1565; died in 1621. His pastoral "Daphne" was put to music and rendered with great success; and his second pastoral, "Eurydice", was represented at the marriage of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV., and published in 1600. A later lyric drama, "Ariadne at Naxos", is superior to his former productions. His poetry was collected and published in 1622.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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