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by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912)

L'assiuolo
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Dov'era la luna? ché il cielo
notava in un'alba di perla, 
ed ergersi il mandorlo e il melo
parevano a meglio vederla.
Venivano soffi di lampi
da un nero di nubi laggiù;
veniva una voce dai campi:
chiù...

Le stelle lucevano rare
tra mezzo alla nebbia di latte:
sentivo il cullare del mare, 
sentivo un fru fru tra le fratte;
sentivo nel cuore un sussulto, 
com'eco d'un grido che fu.
Sonava lontano il singulto:
chiù...

Su tutte le lucide vette
tremava un sospiro di vento:
squassavano le cavallette
finissimi sistri d'argento
(tintinni a invisibili porte
che forse non s'aprono più?...);
e c'era quel pianto di morte...
chiù...	

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912), "L'assiuolo", appears in Myricae, in In campagna, no. 11 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "L'assiuolo", op. 121b no. 4 (2009) [ baritone and piano ], from An Italian Songbook: 10 songs with texts by Carducci, Pascoli and d'Annunzio, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Riccardo Zandonai (1883 - 1944), "L'assiuolo", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Sei Melodie, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

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