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ALBINO DEFILIPPI
THE POET FROM TREVILLE (1859-1939)
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He was born in 1859, in Treville (AL) from a peasant family. He was a peasant, a dialectal poet, a very religious person and a Franciscan tertiary.
His son, attended the "Regia Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti" in Turin. In may 1905 Teofilo was found dead at confluence between Po and Dora rivers . The cause of his mysterious death are still unknown. |
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Albino died in 1939 in Treville and before death he wrote the following epitaph (in Piedmontese dialect) for his gravestone. It's visible in the oldest part of the Treville cemetery, in which the the Holy Sacrament Confraternity members (the Batù) are buried:
Albino's poems were originally written in small books, made of religious calendars sheets. They have different shapes and are preserved in the St. Ambrogio Parish Church archives.
On the first page of every book he wrote the
following warning: «I beg you to preserve the present writing, to not
destroy it, rather to give it. Its destruction is an offence for me» "The Song of Treville" is dubiously ascribed to him. This song was written on scattered sheets distributed to the people from Treville and sung by them during pilgrimages or walks. The copy shown below is probably the only one that survives. |
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THE SONG OF TREVILLE (in Piedmontese dialect) (Stab. Tipografico Succ. Cassone Ed. - Casale Monferrato) The english version and the mp3 of this song are published
on the USA website www.monferrini.com
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'N sla pounta d’la couliña
'L funtanin dal sourfou |
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(1) Albino Defilippi, dialectal poet
(2) Angelo Surbone, professor of music in Torino
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To the Sulphorous Spring of Treville he dedicated the following poetry (in Piedmont dialect), named "La Funtanna Sulfurusa".
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