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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

E per un bel cantar d’un merlo
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
E per un bel cantar d’un merlo
La Bella non può dormire.

E quando dorme e quando vegghia
E quando trae di gran sospiri.

E la si leva nuda nudella
Fuor dal suo letto pulì,

E poi ne gìa nel suo giardino
Sotto il suo bel mandorlo fiorì.

E li si calza, e li si veste,
E li aspetta il suo dolze amor fi.

Venne l’uccello dello buon selvaggio.
E in sulla spalla se gli posò.

Messegli il becco dentro all’orecchio
Sotto a gli suoi biondi capegli.

Che gli parlava nel suo linguaggio,
E la Bella non lo ‘ntendeva.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973), "E per un bel cantar d'un merlo" [ voice and orchestra ], from Quattro vecchie canzoni, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "E per un bel cantar", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche italiane, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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