Petrarch: Literature, Visual Arts, Music
October 18, 2024
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Free and open to the public
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To honor Francesco Petrarch on the 650th anniversary of his death, this roundtable brings together a literary scholar, a visual artist, an art historian, and a music historian for an exploration of the artistic, musical, and cultural reception of Petrarch’s Trionfi, the allegorical poem touching on love and death. The event precedes an 8 PM concert at Columbia's St. Paul’s Chapel (1160 Amsterdam Avenue) built around the Trionfi. Performers—from the TENET Vocal Ensemble and from Piffaro, the Renaissance band—will join us in our Library for brief live demonstrations during our roundtable.
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Speakers:
Francesco Marco Aresu (University of Pennsylvania)
Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia University)
Dennis Geronimus (New York University)
Camilla Tassi (Projection Designer, Producer, Soprano)
Co-sponsors: Department of Music; Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Department of Italian (all at Columbia University)
