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Gragnanella 2/8/92 Maggio 'Licia la schiava di Roma' (stanzas 1-49) performed by compagnia di Gragnanella-Filicaia-Casatico at Gragnanella, hi8 video 1 of 2.
The Gragnanella-Filicaia-Casatico company, led by Piergiorgio Lenzi, draws its members from a number of small villages on the western bank of the Serchio River above Castelnuovo Garfagnana, including Gragnanella, the main performance venue for the annual series sponsored by the Centro Tradizioni Popolari della Provincia di Lucca. The leader of the company, Piergiorgio Lenzi, acts as prompt and also delivers a speech before most performances.
The Maggio text performed on this occasion "Licia la schiava di Roma" (Licia the Roman Slave) was written by company member Giuliano Grandini, and is one of a small number of currently performed Maggio texts with classical rather than chivalrous themes.
Video recordings on video tapes VT9212-14; audio recordings on audio tapes LB2-AT9208 and LB2-AT9209. See annotated copy of the booklet 'Licia la schiava di Roma' di Giuliano Bertagni, Vagli di Sopra 1986, secondo il testo adottato dai maggianti di Gragnanella-Filicaia-Casatico (Lucca), a cura di Piergiorgio Lenzi (CTP Lucca, Quaderno 102, 1986).
An annotated copy of this booklet was given to Linda Barwick by Piergiorgio Lenzi, containing the notes used by him during the 1992 performances in his role as 'guida' (prompt). Another copy of the booklet was annotated by Linda Barwick with various details of the performance. A photocopy of the booklet (labelled 92.5, Gragnanella 2/8) has been further annotated by Linda Barwick, including analyses of the performance of ariette and ottave verse forms.
See also performance of the same maggio at Migliano on 9 August 1992 (AT9211-12; VT9217-19; 92PIX05). |
