Canti di Prigionia

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Canti di Prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment). Work by Dallapiccola, comp. 1938–41 as a protest against Mussolini's adoption of Hitler's racial policies ( Dallapiccola's wife was Jewish), for ch., 2 pf., 2 harps, and perc. 3 movts. are: 1. Preghiera di Maria Stuarda, 2. Invocazione di Boezio, 3. Congedo di Girolamo Savonarola.