Giovanni da Falgano

Life

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Biography

Giovanni da Falgano was an Italian poet and author of the later sixteenth century, famous for his translations of ancient Greek poems and plays into Italian. Born in Falgano, he spent most of his working life in Florence.

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Settings of text by Giovanni da Falgano

• S’a la gelata mia timida lingua (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
• Tu pur mi fuggi ancora (Girolamo Frescobaldi)

Publications

• Ippolito (translation of Euripedes), 1571
• Ecuba (translation of Euripedes), 1572
• Christus Patiens, 1575
• Sublime (translation of Anonymous), 1575