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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Bella bellina, quando vai per acqua
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Bella bellina, quando vai per acqua,
La via della fontana ti favella;
È `l rusignuol che canta nella macchia,
E' va dicendo che sei la più graziosina,
Sembri una rosa colta sulla spina;
Sei la più bella e la più graziosetta,
Sei la più bella e la più graziosina,
Sembri la rosa sulla fresca spina. Ah!

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Sienese poetry  [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 (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Bella, bellina", op. 82, Heft 1 no. 3, published 1894 [soprano or tenor and cimbalom], from Rispetti. Canti popolari toscani por Sopran (o Tenor) con Cembalo, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock ; incipit in German: "Engel, o Englein" [ sung text not verified ]
  • by Giulia Recli (1890 - 1970), "Bella bellina", copyright © 1926 [voice and piano], Universal Music Publishing Ricordi [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Leone Sinigaglia (1868 - 1944), "Stornello", op. 34 no. 1, published 1908, from Quattro Canzoni, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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