by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
O falce di luna calante
Language: Italian (Italiano)
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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- by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [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 Derek Healey (b. 1936), "O falce di luna calante", op. 121c no. 2 (2009) [ baritone and piano ], from An Italian Songbook: 10 songs with texts by Carducci, Pascoli and d'Annunzio, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "O falce di luna calante", from Due piccoli notturni, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , "O crescent of a waning moon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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