Translation by Niccolò Tommasèo (1802 - 1874)
San Basilio
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
San Basilio viene di Cesarea: Porta scarpe di bronzo e ferree vesti. "Basilio mio, donde vieni, e ove scendi?" "Dal maestro vengo, e a mia madre vo," "Se vieni dal maestro, dicci l'abbiccì. E il pastorale era verde, e gettò un ramo, Un ramo con fronde d'oro, trapunto in argento.
Text Authorship:
- by Niccolò Tommasèo (1802 - 1874) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "San Basilio", published 1916 [voice and piano], from Cinque Liriche, no. 3, A.A. Forlivesi & Co., Rome [ sung text checked 2 times]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 50