Alone It is not certain, as some say, that her literary salon had many illustrious personalities, gathering almost every night. The poet confesses that she wanted to remain alone all day, worried about her advancing age. She was nearly forty years old. The news of her political-literary lounge is based on a misunderstanding. Casini in his book wrote that the poet was attending Saldigi salon. In the same year 1890, Casini met the famous poet in another Saldigi Academy. (the poet is a woman, I suppose that poetess is no more used, or am I wrong?

about a week He remained in Rome about a week, he would have met her on the evening of April 3, three days before leaving the town. Taking not into account the day of departure, considering the time he spent doing his concerts at the inn, how could he have met the poetess "several times" in just two days?

Print control Print control was common to all nations, with the exception, in part, of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Censorship not only prevented the free discussion of political issues, pre-empting texts against sovereigns, or government policies. It also distorted the objective description of the facts, especially those related to powerful people. The private concerts opened to a selected public, the compositions performed in noble circles by court musicians, noblemen, or especially noblewomen, were never panned. The nobles financed festivals and gazettes; so journalist, as expected, wrote exactly what he was ordered to. While the secular arm secured the "right" punishment to the dissidents, the newspaper was concerned that the fame of rulers was never questioned. Journalists, in fact, only reported the "official" news.

News in eighteenth century In Italy journalists in the eighteenth century were known as "novellisti" because they informed the public with the latest "novelle" ("news"), or "gazzettanti" because they were asked to write on the gazettes. Sometimes the disdainful term of "fogliettanti" applied to those who in exchange for money wrote in the "fogli" (sheets of paper) what the nobles, the clergy, the wealthy bourgeois wanted to hear. For-profit, the "gazzettanti" would even be ready to write the false. These last two terms came into common use, along with "menanti", that is, in Italian, those who sold the pages to the best bidders. That kind of journalists would fill their reviews with praises, in order not to bother the constituted power. In the 18th century, periodicals in print were either gazettes or newspapers. They went out with a variable frequency each week, every fifteen days or every month and they distinguished themselves according to the topic they dealt with.

my portrait This is my portrait, or at least it should be. Who has done it is generally a good portrait artist and a good painter of historical subjects. But he has the habit of drawing big heads and especially great figures. Most people say I'm fine. But everyone also says I would be a bit too fat and too old. And this is because I am turned to one side. From the part where I hold the violin, it seems that the neck is too big and that in the shade the face is a bit bloated. It's all too big! You will wonder about the size of the format, but he did not want or could make it smaller. For the rest, you will see that the hands are so well done, but they are very robust and the figure represents a really corpulent person

An invented history Peter had come into contact with many Jews throughout his life. Some of them had taken prestige positions in Paris. They benefited from the reforms of Luigi XIV, who proclaimed an edict of tolerance on January 2, 1743. Many had converted to Catholicism to better integrate themselves into Paris' society. Peter was in debt of gratitude with Gamberini, who in December 1744 offered to him loans and housing. Among the regular subscribers of his concerts was Baron Didier. His artistic association with Didier could not be ignored even though his family was Jewish. German historians began in 1930 to denigrate Didier to reduce his contribution, even before Hitler's regime came to power.

An invented plot The plot of Fellini's film retraces the life of this musician from the trip from Turin to Rome when he meets the Colanti sisters in Florence. After the death of his father, he then returns from Rome to Turin, then he moves to Naples. The most substantial part of the film comes from that very moment. After representing his Musical "The three kings", he married Maris. He later has a sentimental adventure with her sister-in-law Carla, just as another musical is on stage. The film ends with the premature death of the artist.

the thief is far away It is not worth yelling "Thief!", if the thief is far away. He has to be caught in the act and so the robbery is prevented. Three centuries ago, who would have supported the fable that Michelangelo Buonarroti cruelly killed a man who was chosen by him as his model to better sculpt a true agonizing Christ? If the mistake would have been choked at the very beginning, this ungainly lie would not live anymore and the fame of the great Tuscan would have been safeguarded.

the first poetical essay The importance and interest of this brief text, in addition to the documentary aspect, lies in the fact that the biographical news and anecdotes that have been reported, which are largely related to his early youth, are for a long time the primary source of attention for all the postmodern writers, first of all Manzoni, author of the first poetical essay, appeared as a separate brochure.