{"id":360154,"date":"2026-11-05T00:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italien.news\/?p=360154"},"modified":"2026-11-05T00:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:13:51","slug":"firenze-sad-song-ivan-graziani-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abFirenze (canzone triste)\u00bb by Ivan Graziani: meaning and lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Wie_entstand_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\" >How did \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d come about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\" >What is \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\" >The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Wie_klingt_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\" >What does \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d sound like?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB_im_Video\" >\u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d on video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Hor_das_ganze_Album_am_Stuck\" >Listen to the whole album in one go<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Wer_hat_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB_gecovert\" >Who has covered \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Auf_den_Spuren_des_Lieds_am_Ponte_Vecchio\" >Following the song's trail at the Ponte Vecchio<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/firenze-canzone-triste-graziani\/#Fazit_ein_trauriges_Lied_das_Florenz_unvergesslich_macht\" >Conclusion: a sad song that makes Florence unforgettable<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\nA girl who draws, a student from Ireland and a city full of art that suddenly has nothing left to say. \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d is Ivan Graziani's best-known song. The singer-songwriter from Abruzzo released it as a single on the Milan label Numero Uno in September 1980, and it climbed to number 7 in the Italian charts. The title means 'Florence (sad song)', and that is exactly what it is: a love story that begins and ends on the Arno.<\/p>\n<p>More than forty years later, \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d is as alive as ever. Rapper Marracash sampled it for his 2024 album \u201c\u00c8 finita la pace\u201d, Enrico Ruggeri sang it on television, and it returned to the stage in the singer's hometown of Teramo in 2025 for what would have been his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #F3F6FA 0%, #FBFCFE 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2B3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #16263F; margin: 0 0 12px;\">AT A GLANCE<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"inw-h\">\u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d by Ivan Graziani: figures and names<\/h3>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #16263F; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">A single, an album and a guitarist with a high voice: the key facts about Ivan Graziani's best-known song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-tiles\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(140px, 1fr)); gap: 1px; background: #E3E7EC; border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; overflow: hidden; margin: 22px 0 0;\">\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6B747E;\">PUBLISHED<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263F; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">1980<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6B747E;\">Single, Numero Uno<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6B747E;\">CHART<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263F; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">7th place<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6B747E;\">Italy, autumn 1980<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6B747E;\">RUNNING TIME<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263F; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">5:00<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6B747E;\">minutes on the album<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6B747E;\">SAMPLE<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263F; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">2024<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6B747E;\">sampled by Marracash<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tablewrap\" style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table class=\"inw-table inw-table--spec\" style=\"width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0; min-width: 480px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" style=\"width: 36%;\">Feature<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" style=\"width: 64%;\">Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Performer<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Ivan Graziani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Lyrics and Music<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Ivan Graziani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Arrangement<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Giovanni Tommaso, produced by Douglas Bennett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Single<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Numero Uno, September 1980, B-side \u201cAngelina\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Album<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">\u201cViaggi e intemperie\u201d, 1980, track 1 on side A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Live performance<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Festivalbar 1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inw-source\" style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.5; letter-spacing: 0.01em; color: #6B747E; border-top: 1px solid #E3E7EC; padding-top: 14px; margin: 26px 0 0;\">As of November 2026 \u00b7 Information according to Wikipedia, Rockit and Sky TG24.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wie_entstand_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\"><\/span>How did \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d come about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ivan Graziani was born on 6 October 1945 in Teramo, the provincial capital of Abruzzo. He studied in Urbino, the Renaissance city in the Marche, and formed his first band there, Anonima Sound. In 1974, he appeared at the very first Premio Tenco, Italy's leading award for singer-songwriters. Many still regard him as Italy's first true rock cantautore: a songwriter who tells his stories with an electric guitar.<\/p>\n<p>After the success of \u201cPigro\u201d (1978) and \u201cAgnese dolce Agnese\u201d (1979), his album \u201cViaggi e intemperie\u201d appeared in 1980, roughly 'Journeys and Storms' in English. \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d opens the first side. Douglas Bennett produced the song; Giovanni Tommaso, the jazz bassist and former leader of the jazz-rock band Perigeo, wrote and conducted the strings. Dave Bristow played keyboards.<\/p>\n<p>Graziani got the idea from cinema. In an interview, he explained that the song grew from his love of Elvis Presley films: there, the hero first appears as a wild rocker, then speaks openly of his broken heart as soon as the right woman appears. That shift from rock to confession is exactly what you hear in \u201cFirenze\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The single, with \u201cAngelina\u201d on the B-side, was released in September 1980. Graziani presented the song at Festivalbar, Italian television's major summer music contest, and around two months after its release it reached number 7 in the charts.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\"><\/span>What is \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d tells of lost love in Florence. Two young men love the same woman, and in the end neither has her. What remains is a city full of art where no one speaks to the narrator about her anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The tone is what makes it special. Graziani neither accuses anyone nor looks for a culprit; he simply describes what happened. The Italian newspaper Quotidiano.net once jokingly called the song an anthem to dejection, and that captures it well: sadness is not overcome here but lingered over.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\"><\/span>The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can find the full lyrics on Spotify and Apple Music; here we focus on their images. At the start is a young woman who draws and behaves strangely. She is not alone in the story: alongside the narrator is a philosophy student from Ireland whom everyone calls Barbarossa, or Redbeard. Three young outsiders who came to Florence to study become entangled in a triangle that cannot end well.<\/p>\n<p>The second sequence of images takes place by the river. The woman throws her drawings from the Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge lined with goldsmiths' shops, into the Arno. It is a quiet, almost casual gesture, which is precisely why it stays in the mind. The sheets carry away what had connected her to both men.<\/p>\n<p>In the chorus, Graziani repeats just one word: <em>triste<\/em>, meaning sad. Florence, with its sculptures and paintings, becomes a backdrop that can no longer console. In the end, the narrator is alone in the city, the woman has gone and no one speaks about her anymore. The point is in the title's parenthesis: Graziani tells us honestly from the start that this will be a sad song.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-note\">\n<div class=\"inw-note-label\">GOOD TO KNOW<\/div>\n<p>A song about Florence by a man from Abruzzo: Graziani was not from Tuscany. Like him, the three main characters are newcomers, perhaps making the city in the song seem both beautiful and unfamiliar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wie_klingt_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB\"><\/span>What does \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d sound like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The song uses only a few chords. Guitar and drums are restrained, while Graziani's high, bright voice takes centre stage. Giovanni Tommaso adds a string arrangement that turns the ballad into a small film scene.<\/p>\n<p>At five minutes, \u201cFirenze\u201d was long for a single. The song takes the time its story needs, and this calm sets it apart from the fast rock numbers for which Graziani otherwise became known.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB_im_Video\"><\/span>\u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d on video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the top of the article, you can hear \u201cFirenze\u201d in the version released by Milan label Carosello Records on its official YouTube channel. Below, you can watch Milanese singer-songwriter Enrico Ruggeri, who sang it on 18 December 2023 in his Rai 2 programme \u201cGli occhi del musicista\u201d. You can hear directly how well the story works in another voice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Enrico Ruggeri canta &quot;Firenze (canzone triste)&quot; - Gli occhi del musicista 18\/12\/2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PgnL1NQb4oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Available for listening on streaming services:<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-btnrow\"><a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/search\/Ivan%20Graziani%20Firenze%20canzone%20triste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Spotify<\/a> <a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/de\/search?term=Ivan%20Graziani%20Firenze%20canzone%20triste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Apple Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card inw-card--warm\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ECE6DC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #FBF8F3 0%, #FFFEFC 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2B3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #8A6B41; margin: 0 0 12px;\">EDITOR'S INSIDER TIP<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hor_das_ganze_Album_am_Stuck\"><\/span>Listen to the whole album in one go<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #8A6B41; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">After \u201cFirenze\u201d, stay with \u201cViaggi e intemperie\u201d. \u201cIsabella sul treno\u201d follows immediately; \u201cRadio Londra\u201d and \u201cSiracusa\u201d await on the second side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">The album is a journey through cities and countries, from Florence through Holland to Sicily. Listening to it straight through shows why Graziani was more than the singer of one sad song. To us, that is the best way to get to know him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wer_hat_%C2%ABFirenze_canzone_triste%C2%BB_gecovert\"><\/span>Who has covered \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best-known new version is not really a cover. Marracash, the rapper from Milan, used a sample of \u201cFirenze\u201d for the title track of his 2024 album \u201c\u00c8 finita la pace\u201d. The Graziani family gave permission, and Filippo Graziani, the singer's son and a musician himself, praised the respectful treatment. Marracash brought him on stage at concerts in Milan's Forum to perform the piece together.<\/p>\n<p>Enrico Ruggeri sang the song on Rai 2 in 2023, and at Sky's X Factor 2025, contestant Sofia Maceri chose \u201cFirenze\u201d for her bootcamp performance.<\/p>\n<p>For what would have been Ivan Graziani's 80th birthday, a major concert was held on 29 August 2025 in Teramo's Piazza Martiri della Libert\u00e0. Soul singer Mario Biondi sang \u201cFirenze\u201d with Filippo Graziani. A recording was released on 12 December 2025 on the double album \u201c80 Buon compleanno Ivan\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_right wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"The Ponte Vecchio in Florence, with its colorful shops set in stone arches over the green waters of the Arno\" title=\"Florence \u2013 Ponte Vecchio over the Arno\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/florenz-ponte-vecchio-arno-pexels-22806939-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"vc_figure-caption\">The Ponte Vecchio over the Arno River in Florence \u00b7 \u00a9 pexels.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Auf_den_Spuren_des_Lieds_am_Ponte_Vecchio\"><\/span>Following the song's trail at the Ponte Vecchio<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To hear \u201cFirenze\u201d at its setting, stand on the Ponte Vecchio, Florence's oldest bridge. Since the Middle Ages it has linked the centre with the Oltrarno district; goldsmiths' shops line it and the Vasari Corridor runs above them toward the Uffizi. At the railing in the middle of the bridge, look down to the Arno, exactly where the drawings land in the song.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere is best early in the morning or after sunset, when the shops are closed. Our article about the <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/tuscany\/florence\/ponte-vecchio\/\">Ponte Vecchio<\/a>. You can find all the city's other sights in our <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/tuscany\/florence\/florence-sightseeing\/\">Florence sights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_postblock_3 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_disable jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module__0_6af1ceb35a82c  jeg_pb_boxed    with-format-icon\" data-unique=\"jnews_module__0_6af1ceb35a82c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_block_container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_load_more_flag\">\n                <article class=\"jeg_post jeg_pl_md_2 format-standard\">\n                <div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n                    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/toskana\/florenz\/ponte-vecchio\/\" aria-label=\"Read article: Ponte Vecchio: experience Florence&#039;s landmark!\"><div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-715\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Tuscany, Italy \u00a9shutterstock.com\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PonteVecchioFlorenz-350x250.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PonteVecchioFlorenz-350x250.webp 350w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PonteVecchioFlorenz-120x86.webp 120w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PonteVecchioFlorenz-750x536.webp 750w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PonteVecchioFlorenz-1140x815.webp 1140w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/toskana\/florenz\/ponte-vecchio\/\">Ponte Vecchio: experience Florence's landmark!<\/a>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"jeg_post_meta\"><div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/toskana\/florenz\/ponte-vecchio\/\"><div class=\"jeg-fa-4 jeg-icon-svg jeg-svg-clock-o\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1536 1792\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><g transform=\"translate(0 1536) scale(1 -1)\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M896 992v-448q0 -14 -9 -23t-23 -9h-320q-14 0 -23 9t-9 23v64q0 14 9 23t23 9h224v352q0 14 9 23t23 9h64q14 0 23 -9t9 -23zM1312 640q0 148 -73 273t-198 198t-273 73t-273 -73t-198 -198t-73 -273t73 -273t198 -198t273 -73t273 73t198 198t73 273zM1536 640 q0 -209 -103 -385.5t-279.5 -279.5t-385.5 -103t-385.5 103t-279.5 279.5t-103 385.5t103 385.5t279.5 279.5t385.5 103t385.5 -103t279.5 -279.5t103 -385.5z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/div> September 10, 2026<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"jeg_post_excerpt\">\n                        <p>The Ponte Vecchio is much more than just a bridge across the Arno; 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Graziani tells a small story so precisely that you can picture the bridge, the river and the flying sheets. If you like songs about lost love, listen next to <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/disperato-marco-masini\/\">\u00abDisperato\u00bb<\/a> by Marco Masini, the singer-songwriter from Florence, or <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/a-woman-for-a-friend-by-battisti\/\">\u00abUna donna per amico\u00bb<\/a> by Lucio Battisti. If you prefer narrative ballads, try <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/generale-de-gregori\/\">\u00abGenerale\u00bb<\/a> by Francesco De Gregori. You can find all our song profiles in the overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/italian-music\/\">Italian music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_6 jeg_alignleft jnews_module__1_6af1ceb35e0b6\">\n                <h3 class=\"jeg_block_title\"><span>FAQ: frequently asked questions about \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n                \n            <\/div><div  class='jnews-faq-wrapper jnews_module__2_6af1ceb35e32d style-4'>\n\t\t\t\t    \n        <div class=\"list-wrapper expand\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: What does \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d mean in English?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What does \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d mean in English?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\">\n                <p>The title means 'Florence (sad song)'. Firenze is the Italian name of the Tuscan capital, and canzone triste means sad song.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: How do you pronounce \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How do you pronounce \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Approximately 'Fee-REN-tseh, kan-TSOH-neh TREE-steh'. The stress falls on the second syllable of Firenze and canzone, and on the first syllable of triste; the z sounds like 'ts'.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: How successful was \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How successful was \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>The single was released on Numero Uno in September 1980 and reached number 7 in the Italian charts about two months later. On the album \u201cViaggi e intemperie\u201d, the song runs 5:00 minutes.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Which rapper sampled \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Which rapper sampled \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Marracash used a sample of the song in the title track of his 2024 album \u201c\u00c8 finita la pace\u201d. The Graziani family gave permission.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Where is \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d set?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Where is \u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d set?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>In Florence, with a central scene at the Ponte Vecchio: there the young woman in the song throws her drawings into the Arno.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Which other Ivan Graziani songs should you know?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Which other Ivan Graziani songs should you know?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Above all \u201cLugano addio\u201d from 1977, \u201cPigro\u201d from 1978 and \u201cAgnese\u201d from 1979, as well as \u201cMonna Lisa\u201d and \u201cDada\u201d.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Is Ivan Graziani still alive?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Is Ivan Graziani still alive?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>No. Ivan Graziani died on 1 January 1997 at the age of 51 in Novafeltria, in the province of Rimini. His son Filippo Graziani still sings his songs today.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<details class=\"inw-sources\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 20px 24px;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6B747E; cursor: pointer;\">Sources and Further Information<\/summary>\n<ol style=\"font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: #6B747E; margin: 0; padding-left: 18px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viaggi_e_intemperie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia: Viaggi e intemperie<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockit.it\/articolo\/ivan-graziani-racconto-firenze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockit: Ivan Graziani ha ridisegnato i confini della canzone sentimentale<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tg24.sky.it\/spettacolo\/musica\/approfondimenti\/ivan-graziani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky TG24: Ivan Graziani, il chitarrista rock della musica d\u2019autore<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quotidiano.net\/itinerari\/viaggi\/canzoni-e-viaggi-una-citta-per-cantare-luoghi-iconici-legati-a-brani-intramontabili-della-musica-italiana-hqlp40p9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quotidiano.net: Canzoni e viaggi, una citt\u00e0 per cantare<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilfoglio.it\/en\/music\/2026\/10\/23\/news\/filippo-graziani-fiero-di-essere-figlio-di-ivan-sul-nepotismo-ci-rido-su--411440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Foglio: interview with Filippo Graziani<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketone.it\/magazine\/news\/un-album-per-la-festa-degli-80-anni-di-ivan-graziani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TicketOne Magazine: an album for Ivan Graziani's 80th birthday<\/a> (accessed November 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFirenze (canzone triste)\u201d by Ivan Graziani (1980): how the song about lost love at the Ponte Vecchio came about, what the lyrics mean and who has sung it anew.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":360149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"inwp_podcast_mp3":"","inwp_podcast_apple":"","inwp_podcast_spotify":"","inwp_podcast_youtube":"","inw_restaurant_url":"","inw_restaurant_lat":"","inw_restaurant_lng":"","in_event_type":"","in_event_featured":"","in_event_teaser":"","in_event_name":"","in_event_address":"","in_event_status":"","in_event_turnus":"","inw_hotel_email":"","inw_hotel_type":"","inw_hotel_name":"","inw_hotel_street":"","inw_hotel_zip":"","inw_hotel_city":"","inw_hotel_region":"","inw_hotel_country":"","inw_hotel_phone":"","inw_hotel_url":"","inw_hotel_lat":"","inw_hotel_lng":"","inw_hotel_pricerange":"","inw_hotel_stars":"","inw_hotel_amenities":"","in_event_start":"","in_event_end":"","in_event_time":"","in_event_time_end":"","in_event_location":"","in_event_city":"","in_event_region":"","in_event_price":"","in_event_organizer":"","in_event_url":"","in_event_sort":"","in_event_sort_end":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Ivan Grazianis traurige Liebesgeschichte am Ponte Vecchio von 1980. 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