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by Andrea de Leone

Malvina la bella
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Malvina la bella
Sull'arpa sciogliea
Un canto di duolo
Che al core scendea
 
Un mesto sospiro 
Che il core mandò
A quella gentile 
d'amore parlò
 
In breve quel fiore
Nel gambo reciso
Mostrava la morte
La bella nel viso
 
Me, allora, lasciando 
deserto quaggiù
Tornommi il sospiro
La bella che fu
La bella che fu
Tornommi il sospiro
La bella che fu !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Andrea de Leone  [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Malvina la bella", alternate title: "Il sospiro", published 1843. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-09
Line count: 19
Word count: 62

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