a campus talk and musical performance
The poetry of Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch), will be highlighted in two events taking place on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Giuseppe Mazzota, professor of Italian language and literature, will present a talk titled "Petrarch's Diary of Love" at 4 p.m. This will be followed at 5 p.m. with a performance by the Yale Collegium Musicum of musical settings of Petrarch's poetry from the 14th through the 17th centuries.
Works by Jacopo da Bologna, Dufay, Wert, Marenzio, Rore, Rossi and Monteverdi will be featured in the performance, which will be directed by Richard Lalli, associate professor of music (adjunct). Professional early music instrumentalists, including an ensemble of cornetti and sackbuts from the School of Music, will join the Yale Collegium Musicum for the performance.
Both events, which are free and open to the public, will take place at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Wall and High streets. Early editions of Petrarch's poetry from the library's collection will be on view.
Petrarch (1304-1374) is considered the founder of Renaissance Christian humanism who also won fame for his love lyrics, sonnets and canzoni. In 1341 he became the poet laureate in Rome. He perfected the sonnet form and is considered by many to be the first modern poet. In addition to his numerous songs and sonnets, Petrarch's works include the epic "Africa," "Metrical Epistles," "On Contempt for the Worldly Life," "On Solitude," "Ecologues" and the "Letters."
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