Music

Italian Music

Musica italiana

Listen to music to improve your aural comprehension and experience Italian culture.

Listening Practice

E penso a te, di Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti’s E penso a te is a lovely song with a slow tempo.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian 

Listening Practice

Emozioni, di Lucio Battisti

Beautiful poetry set to acoustic guitar, by Lucio Battisti.

  B1 - Intermediate Italian 

Music

Lucio Battisti: Biography

Get some Italian reading practice with this short biography of singer-songwriter-poet Lucio Battisti.

  B1 - Intermediate Italian 

Listening Practice

Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore, di Mina

Listen to Mina sing her heart out in this 1966 video of Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian 

Music

Mina Mazzini: Biography

Get some Italian reading practice with this short biography of the immensely talented singer Mina Mazzini.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian 

Holidays and Celebrations

Natale, di Francesco de Gregori

Celebrate Christmas in italiano with this lovely song by Francesco de Gregori.

  B1 - Intermediate Italian 

Listening Practice

Parole, parole di Mina

Parole, parole is a song about empty words, performed by Mina and Italian actor Alberto Lupo.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian