Meaning Of Sonnet 61 By Francesco Petrarca: A Love Poem To Laura

It is fascinating to hear Petrarch's poetry read in the original Italian - which happened recently in a lecture recital I gave at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in which one of my piano students from Italy was persuaded to read 'Benedetto sia 'I giorno' (Sonnet 47*). It was immediately apparent that Liszt's music was not only a response to the meaning of Petrarch's poem, but also to the sound of the language, its characteristic inflections, its musicality and above all the manner in which Petrarch creates rhymes. It was wonderful hearing the rhymes. And we discovered that Liszt's music rhymes. The sonnet begins:

Meaning Of Sonnet 61 By Francesco Petrarca

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