Dear Carlo,

At every congress you have always provided funny moments with your poems and songs. We wanted to emulate you in this endeavor but were afraid of choosing something too popular like a canzonetta or warhorse aria, or opera.

We chose instead a more spiritual piece that balances well the sacred and the profane. We also chose the latin language, but my humble countryside origin, the well-known famous village of Signa, named by Forzano in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, has compelled me to ask a substantial help to Silvia Totaro, whom I am acknowledging here with heartfelt thanks.

Gianni Frosali

Montecatini, 10 settembre 2004

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Ave Carole

Ave Carole, scientiae plene

Boltzmann tecum et clarissime tu

in scientiatibus, in doctibus

et copiosus est fructus mentis tuae

et ingentissimus excercitus

discipulorum tuorum

Ave Carole

 

Summe Carole, pater cineticae

doce nos ignorantes omnia quae tu didicisti ,

omnia quae invenisti aliquam diu,

nunc te honoramus

nunc tibi gratias àgimus

nunc tibi longissimam aetatem auguramus

Amen

Gianni Frosali e Silvia Totaro

Montecatini, 10 settembre 2004