Con una fronda di mirto giocavo ed una fresca rosa; e la sua chioma le ombrava lieve e gli omeri e le spalle.
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Authorship:
- by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE) [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 Enrico Mainardi (1897 - 1976), "Con una frona di mirto" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
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Word count: 23