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Mrs. Zangiacomo

Zangiacomo's wife who helps manage the orchestra girls.

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Also known as Zangiacomo

First appearance: victory

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The conductor of the café orchestra, who served as a model for the Zangiacomo of the novel.

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In Author's Note: The conductor of the café orchestra, who served as a model for the Zangiacomo of the novel. Later, in V: Referred to as Mrs. Schomberg; secretly helped Lena escape by packing her things and throwing…

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Author's Note
The conductor of the café orchestra, who served as a model for the Zangiacomo of the novel.
V
Referred to as Mrs. Schomberg; secretly helped Lena escape by packing her things and throwing them out a back window.
VI
Mentioned as Mrs. Schomberg; she helped Heyst and Lena and is terrified of her husband.
Chapter VII
Mentioned as the hard-bitten, oldish woman who played the piano and was understood to be the director's wife, living in the main building with the girl.
I
Conductor of the Ladies' Orchestra; mentioned as being outside the hall during the interval.
I
The large, aggressive woman who plays the piano and pinches the girl; she prepares music parts and then escorts the girl off the platform.
II
Mrs. Zangiacomo is mentioned as the harsh, truculent woman who drives the orchestra ladies and pinches Alma to incite her performances.
II
Zangiacomo is the orchestra leader with a dyed purple beard, who conducts the music that Heyst finds unbearable.
III
His orchestra's performers are part of the setting; Schomberg initially suspects the Zangiacomos of playing a trick on him regarding the girl.
VI
Referred to as Mrs. Schomberg, a patient, scared woman with a blue tooth, whose presence oppresses Schomberg.

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