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by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

Tanto gentile e tanto onesta
 (Sung text for setting by A. Rubinstein)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
La donna mia quand'ella altrui saluta,
Ch'ogni lingua divien tremando muta
E gli occhi non ardiscon di guardare.

Ella sen va, sentendosi laudare
Umilemente d'onesto vestuta,
E par che sia una cosa venuta
Di cielo in terra a miracol mostrare.

Mostrasi si' piacente a chi la mira,
Che da' per gli occhi una dolcezza al core,
Che intender non la puo' chi non la prova.

E par che della sua labbia si muova
Uno spirto soave e pien d'amore,
Che va dicendo all'anima: sospira!

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Tanto gentile e tanto onesta", op. 83 (Zehn Lieder aus dem Französischen, Italienischen und Englischen übersetzt von N. Roda und A. v. Winterfeld für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1869), published 1870 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), appears in La vita nuova

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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2005-06-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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