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Montecatini Alta


Balcony View in Montecatini Terme


Angelic Lutenist


This painting is adjacent to the clock in the Duomo.

Campanile


Hymn to St. John


There is a statue of Guido d'Arezzo in the Uffizi courtyard, and he is holding the hymn "Ut queant laxis" in his hand. He used this piece to help the monks learn to sing, by associating each note of the scale with the first syllable of each line: Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La

Ut queant laxis
resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
famuli tuorum,
Solve polluti
labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes.