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Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 2 of 2)

Note 4 — Chapter VI

Robert Harrison translation

‘Il montanino ha scarpe grosse e cervello fino.’ The fullest collection of rispetti and other Tuscan popular songs is that of G. Tigri, Canti popolari Toscani, first published at Florence in 1856, and reprinted several times since. The reproach against the ‘Wunderhorn’ has been repeated in this case, and indeed not without reason.

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