Simone de' Prodenzani ( Orvieto, b. 1351? d. 1433–8), also spelled Prudenzani, was an

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known for his narrative stories in the form of sonnets and

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es.

Life

Prodenzani was a descendant of a French noble family from provençal who moved to

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in the thirteenth century, settling in the town of Prodo (from which his familial name comes). Prodenzani held important public offices in Orvieto.

Works

Prodenzani's two most important works are ''Il Sollazzo'' which tells a series of popular folk tales as short stories and ''Il Saporetto'' (''The little tastes'') which speaks of bourgeois customs, including concerts and banquets, surrounding the main character Sollazzo, taken from the previous work. The descriptions of concerts and of the pieces performed at the concerts are particularly detailed and have furnished

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with information about

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and knowledge of repertory of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century. Among the composers specifically mentioned are

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, Bartolino da Padova, Francesco il Cieco,

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, and

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. ''Il Sollazzo'' and ''Il Saporetto'' were first published in modern editions in 1913 by Santorre Debenedetti, and have been republished several times since the late 1990s. Further poetic and prose works were edited in 2003.Simone Prodenzani, ''Opere inedite in poesia e in prosa'', ed. Massimo Seriacopi (Genoa: San Marco dei Giustiniani, 2003)

References

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