“Noctes Ambrosianae, No. 4”

A fictional conversation between Byron and Odoherty, set in Pisa “by poetic licence,” comments dismissively on Italian improvisatori.

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Date Written:
1822
Language:
English
Publication Title:
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
Article Title:
Noctes Ambrosianae, No. 4
Page Numbers:
12:108
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Place of Publication:
Edinburgh
Date Published:
1822

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[In a fictional conversation, Byron asks Odoherty what he thinks of "our Italian Improvisatores." Odoherty replies that he could better them in any language, and proceeds to improvise a translation of a comic song by Ritson.]

Byron: "Bravo—bravissimo!—why, you would beat old Camillo Querno if you would only learn Italian."

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