The poems in "ottava rima" has ancient and illustrious origins in Italian culture and is based on eight endecasillabies. It is the form Ludovico Ariosto learned at the time of his stay in Lucchia and with which he wrote his Orlando Furioso. With the fixed octave module, many aspiring "poets" or "singers" or more simply common people, sometimes even illiterate, could try to tell stories, stories, or race, contrast, on two conflicting subjects without the need to To know music or to have musical instruments, using only his inventive and voice.
In the tradition of this poetry, the Bandettini academy offers an evening of poetry and good food.
h 19.00 – Piazza San Francesco Musical entertainment in the square.
h 20.00 – Open air Dinner on reservation, with typical dishes of the Lucca tradition.
h 21.00 pm – Improvisation show with: Gildo dei Fantardi, Mauro Chechi and the Tuscan singers in the eighth rhymes.The liutist Marzio Matteoli.
Blues and jazz suddenly. Guests of the evening are Josè Antonio Roche repentista from Cuba and from Spain Xesca Martinez poetess.
LUCCA IN … CANTATA – Improvisate music and poetry in the evening
Lucca, Piazza San Francesco
June 17
At 19:00
Free admission – dinner € 20,00