by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912)
Lenta la neve fiocca, fiocca, fiocca
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Lenta la neve fiocca, fiocca, fiocca. Senti: una zana dondola pian piano. Un bimbo piange, il piccol dito in bocca. Canta una vecchia, il mento sulla mano. La vecchia canta: intorno al tuo lettino C'è rose e gigli tutto un bel giardino. Nel bel giardino il bimbo s'addormenta, La neve fiocca lenta, lenta, lenta.
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- by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912), "Orfano", appears in Myricae, in Creature, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Domenico Bartolucci (1917 - 2013), "Orfano" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pietro Cimara (1887 - 1967), "Fiocca la neve" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Orfano", op. 121b no. 3 (2009) [ baritone and piano ], from An Italian Songbook: 10 songs with texts by Carducci, Pascoli and d'Annunzio, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alice Tegnér.
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- ENG English (Carl Ratner) , "The snow is falling", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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