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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Alla luna
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Madre d'ombre e di timori
È la notte, che da grotte
Esce fuor cinta d'orrori.
Le nostr'armi
Che la vincon son i carmi.

Scopri il viso, argentea Luna,
che sorella
non men bella
sei del sol, quantunque bruna,
è brunezza,
che non toglie la bellezza.

Del fratello il raggio ardente,
che t'indora,
ti scolora,
e lo stral d'invidia sente,
l'occhio sei
de la notte e l'ombre bei.

Tu più vaga e adorna testa,
scopri il Cielo
sotto il velo
de la notte in bruna vesta.
Senza scorno
Sempre vai di cerchio in corno.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Canzonette [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 Biagio Marini (1597 - 1665), "Alla luna", 1623. [voice, basso continuo (chitarrone) and violin] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-31
Line count: 23
Word count: 93

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