Tanto bella (Anonymous, set by O. Respighi) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A la tua culla vennero le fate
E t'acceser d'incanto le pupille:
Ti guardaron gli astri e di faville
Cosparsero le ciocche inanellate.
Ninfe, sirene, in un'allegra danza
T'appreser la voce armoniosa:
A la guancia diede il color la rosa,
A l'alito, ogni fior la sua fragranza!
O tutta rilucente! O profumata!
A statua rapita ad altra età!
T'hanno fatto tanto bella et t'han lasciata
L'anima che comprender sa!...

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Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

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