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O falce di luna calante che brilli su l'acque deserte, o falce d'argento, qual mèsse di sogni ondeggia a 'l tuo mite chiarore qua giù! Aneliti brevi di foglie di fiori di flutti da 'l bosco esalano a 'l mare: non canto, non grido, non suono pe 'l vasto silenzio va. Oppresso d'amor, di piacere, il popol de' vivi s'addorme. O falce calante, qual mèsse di sogni ondeggia a 'l tuo mite chiarore qua giù!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "O falce di luna calante", P. 90 no. 1 (1909), published 1912 [voice and piano], from Sei liriche, prima serie, no. 1, Milan, Ricordi [text verified 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "O falce di luna calante", from Due piccoli notturni, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , title 1: "O crescent of a waning moon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2015-10-26 17:01:30
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O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes, auf einsamen Wassern glänzend, o silberne Sichel, welch’ Ernte an Träumen hier unten in deinem milden Scheine wogt! Nur kurze Atemstöße, die der Blätter, Blüten und des wogenden Waldes, strömen aufs Meer hinaus: kein Singen, Rufen, ja, kein Ton geht durch die weite Stille. Von Liebe und von Lust bezwungen schläft alles ein, was lebt. O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes, welch’ Ernte an Träumen hier unten in deinem milden Schein sich wiegt!
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
Text added to the website: 2015-10-26 00:00:00
Last modified: 2015-10-26 17:01:58
Line count: 12
Word count: 75