Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
for soprano and guitar

2023
Text: Sonnet by Dante Alighieri, Chapter XXVI from Vita Nova
Duration: 4′
Commission: Duo Martini-Dominguez
First performance: “InCanto d’Estate 2023” Thursday 27 July 2023, 7 pm; Giardino della Sirena, Villa Pozzolini, Viale Guidoni n. 188, Florence; A.Gi.Mus. Florence; Aurora Martini, soprano e Alessandro Dominguez, guitar. For more information…

From the work:
QUATTRO SONETTI (2023) for soprano and guitar
A tribute to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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Index in alphabetical order:

– SOLO ET PENSOSO
Sonnet by Francesco Petrarca, XXXV Canzoniere; Music by Giovanni Scapecchi
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– TANTO GENTILE E TANTO ONESTA PARE
Sonnet by Dante Alighieri, Chapter XXVI from Vita Nova; Music by Giovanni Scapecchi

– TUTTOR CHʼEO DIRÒ GIOI
Sonnet by Guittone d’Arezzo, XXXI Rime; Music by Giovanni Scapecchi
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– VOI CH’ASCOLTATE IN RIME SPARSE IL SUONO
Sonnet by Francesco Petrarca, I Canzoniere; Music by Giovanni Scapecchi
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