Also I bequeath 20 soldi of Venetian grossi to the Priest Giovanni Giustiniani the Notary, for his trouble about this my Will, and in order that he may pray the Lord in my behalf.
I satisfy myself with merely enumerating them: The 6 Concerti grossi con due violini e violoncello di concertino obligati e due altri violini viola e basso di concerto grosso, op.
The other, having satisfied Grossi in these particulars, asked him if there was anything he could serve him in?
The "Marco Visconti" of Grossiis distinguished for its pathos and for the purity and elegance of its style.
A little later Grossi published a tale in verse, Ulrico and Lida, but with this publication his poetical activity ceased.
The poem, being anonymous, was first attributed to the celebrated Porta, but Grossi of his own accord acknowledged himself the author.
The example of Manzoni induced Grossi to write an historical novel entitled Marco Visconti (1834)--a work which contains passages of fine description and deep pathos.
For distinction's sake probably, these idealgrossi and piccioli occur in history as grossi a oro and piccioli a oro.
The lira di grossi therefore maintained at first the same relativity to the lira di piccioli that the actual grosso did to the actual picciolo, namely, 26:1.
He writes fugues for organs and sonatas for violin solo under the influence of Bach, concerti grossi under the influence of Haendel, variations under that of Mozart, sonatas under that of Brahms.
After the "Marco Visconti", Grossi seems to have produced no work of importance.
The like happens in all literatures; and no one need be surprised to learn that I found the other poems of Grossi often difficult, and sometimes almost impossible to read.
Grossi was born in 1791, at Bollano, by lovely Como, whose hills and waters he remembers in all his works with constant affection.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grossi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
