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Contrasto

Language: Italian

 Piange lenta la luna
 su rugiade gemmanti...
 Or lieto all'aria bruna
 sia l'oblio de li amanti
 però che dolce è il riso
 tra il pianto de le cose!

 Ben la luna compose
 a mestizia il viso.
 O amica, a quando a quando
 giova l'oblio: scordare
 le altrui doglianze amare.
 Intorno andar cantando,
 mentre piange la luna.


Authorship

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

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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]
 * Search sheetmusicplus.com for Contrasto, Art song , Lieder, chansons, or works for solo voice
 * Search musicroom.com for Contrasto, vocal/choral music

CDs:

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Books:

 * 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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