Dolce Cominciamento

Dolce cominciamento
canto per la più fino che sia al mio parimento
d'Agn'infino a Messina 
cio è la più avvenente.
Oh stella rilucente 
che levi a la maitina
quando m'appare avante 
li suoi dolzi sembianti m'incendo la corina,

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Sicilian, XIV^th century

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

by Luciano Berio (1925-2003) , "Dolce Cominciamento", 1946-7, from Quattro Canzoni Popolari, no. 1.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Sheet music:

  Twenty Six Italian Songs and Arias (J. G. Paton) [tismusic.com]
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  The Art of the Song Recital [amazon.com]
  The Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 1000 Songs [amazon.com]
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