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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

E per un bel cantar
 (Sung text for setting by V. Rieti)
 Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
E per un bel cantar d’un merlo
La Bella non può dormire.

E quando dorme e quando vegghia
E quando trae di gran sospiri.

E la si leva nuda nudella
Fuor dal suo letto pulì,

E poi ne gìa nel suo giardino
Sotto il suo bel mandorlo fiorì.

E li si calza, e li si veste,
E li aspetta il suo dolze amor fi.

Venne l’uccello dello buon selvaggio.
E in sulla spalla se gli posò.

Messegli il becco dentro all’orecchio
Sotto a gli suoi biondi capegli.

Che gli parlava nel suo linguaggio,
E la Bella non lo ‘ntendeva.

Composition:

    Set to music by Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "E per un bel cantar", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche italiane, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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