Aminta
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thumb|right|261x261px|Title-page of a 1789 edition of Aminta printed at Parma Aminta is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, performed during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that style of life, in contrast with the life of shepherds, represented in an idyllic way.
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- Author
- Torquato Tasso
- First published
- 1590
- Editions
- 134
- Subjects
- Italian drama, Théâtre italien, Pastoral poetry, Italian language, Readers, Dialects, Texts, Italy Ferrara
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Torquato Tasso
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Image
- Tasso - Aminta, Manuzio, 1590 - 0016.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aminta
- publication date
- 1580-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1573-03-23
- title
- Aminta
- language of work or name
- Italian
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- play
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Text
- Musical settings
- Recording
- Translations into English
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|261x261px|Title-page of a 1789 edition of Aminta printed at Parma Aminta is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, performed during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that style of life, in contrast with the life of shepherds, represented in an idyllic way.
== Text == thumb|250x250px|Scenes from Aminta (1895) The text is written in hendecasyllabic and septenary verses; it is divided into five acts.
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