In the rural districts overlooking Farindola, on the eastern foothills of the Gran Sasso, singing and agricultural work formed an indivisible unity<\/b>. Bambina Miraglia recalls her mother Maria Salzetta, a master of peasant singing, and the groups of women and men of the last century who accompanied the hardships of wheat weeding, harvesting and olive gathering by singing together beneath the spring and summer sun or during the first chill of autumn. Different <\/b>arie<\/b><\/i> (\u201cairs\u201d) existed for the performance of stornelli, each melody associated with a particular kind of fieldwork<\/b> and intended to express emotions and feelings in the first person through song: \u201cinside your chest the sun dances, and the moon dances the ssaldarell\u00eb<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"