Tasso
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  • Torquato Tasso
    Torquato Tasso
    Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata , in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem...

    , the famous Italian 16th-century poet, author of Gerusalemme liberata
    • Tasso, Lament and Triumph
      Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo (Liszt)
      Franz Liszt composed his Tasso, Lamento e trionfo in 1849, revising it in 1850-51 and again in 1854. It is numbered No. 2 in his cycle of 13 symphonic poems written during his Weimar period.-Composition:...

      , a symphonic poem
      Symphonic poem
      A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...

       by Franz Liszt based on the poet
  • Bernardo Tasso
    Bernardo Tasso
    Bernardo Tasso , born in Bergamo, was an Italian courtier and poet.He was, for many years, secretary in the service of the prince of Salerno, and his wife Porzia de Rossi was closely connected with the most illustrious Neapolitan families...

    , his father, also a poet
  • Gioan Maria Tasso, a 16th century Italian composer
  • Takuya Tasso
    Takuya Tasso
    is the governor of Iwate Prefecture. A native of Morioka, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, receiving a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States while with the ministry...

    , the governor of Iwate Prefecture
    Iwate Prefecture
    is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...

     in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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  • Tasso Jereissati
    Tasso Jereissati
    Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati is federal senator of Brazil. He is a former governor of Ceará from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 2002.-Biography:...

    , Brazilian politician

Places

  • Tasso, Corse-du-Sud
    Tasso, Corse-du-Sud
    Tasso is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

    , a commune on Corsica, France
  • Tasso River
    Tasso River
    River Tasso is a river in Mumbai , India which empties into the Vihar Lake. It originates in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. In 1872, the plan was made to dam and redirect the river into the Tulsi Lake at a then cost of Rs. 40 lakh ....

    , a river in Mumbai, India
  • Tasso, Scigliano, a Frazione of Scigliano, Province of Cosenza,Region of Calabria, Italy

Other

  • Tasso (horse)
    Tasso (horse)
    Tasso is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Ecstacism, he was sired by Fappiano, a son of the very influential Champion sire Mr. Prospector....

    , an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Tasso (meat product) or Tasso ham, a specialty of Cajun cuisine
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