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so:text Casanova had the true Venetian temperament: cool, ebullient, and licentious. This absence of passion no doubt contributes to the unreal character of Venetian life, which appears as a shimmering surface, like Venetian music. In the traditional Venetian serenades, played from cruising gondolas, the songs today are all Neapolitan. Foreigners cavil at this, but the Venetians point out that there are no love songs in the Venetian repertory — only witty exchanges between man and maiden. (en)
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so:description Venice Observed (1956) (en)
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