Italianisation

It cannot be said that even Shakespeare escapes altogether from the ill effects of this Italianisation of all the externalities of the drama.

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

But the effect of this Italianisation of the Elizabethan Drama due to

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

Partly, I think, because owing to the Italianisation of the Elizabethan

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

Ramon Pane, when he tells of Indians sniffing the powder, calls it _caboba_, a mere Italianisation of the

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

Some of us are old enough to remember when the trend was in the direction of Italianisation; when FOLEY became SIGNOR FOLI;

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 Various 1898

Even the title of the ad-hoc orchestra he conducts a few times a year, the Cappella Andrea Barca, is an in-joke, an over-literal Italianisation of his name (in German, Schiff means "boat", or "barca" in Italian).

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