Sordello

/ sorˈdɛllo /

noun

He died of grief at his discomfiture in the art of song by Sordello.

The minstrel defeated by Sordello at the contest of song in the Court of Love.

Sordello seizes the opportunity, and hastens to meet Palma at Verona.

Sordello knows the story too, and feels that he can do better with it.

But Sordello loathes the task: he will not sing at all, and runs away to Goïto.

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