La secchia rapita

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Cover of the first edition of La Secchia rapita by Tassoni, printed in the maps Ronciglione in 1624

La secchia rapita (The Stolen Bucket) is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni based on the real-life event of the same name, War of the Oaken Bucket (1325-1327) was first published in 1622 (see 1622 in poetry). It tells of a war between the Italian cities of Modena and Bologna over the possession of a wooden bucket. It later influenced Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.

La secchia rapita is also the name of a comic opera by Salieri, first performed in Vienna in 1772. One of the arias from the work was recorded by Cecilia Bartoli on her Salieri Album.

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The Stolen Bucket, inside the Ghirlandina Tower

References

  • Cambridge History of Italian Literature ed. Brand and Pertile (1996) p.310
  • The Salieri Album booklet notes to the recording by Cecilia Bartoli (Decca, 2003)

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