Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte

Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte;
Visibil sonno del divin creato
Su le montagne già dal fulmin rotte,
Su le terre che l'uomo ha seminato;
Alte dai casti lumi ombre interrotte;
Cielo vasto, pacifico, stellato;
Lucide forme belle, al vostro fato,
Equabilmente, arcanamente addotte;
Luna, e tu che i sereni e freddi argenti
Antica peregrina ai petti mesti
Ed a' lieti dispensi indifferente:
Che misteri, che orror, dite, son questi?
Che siam, povera razza dei viventi?
Ma tu, bruta quiete, immobil resti.

by Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907)

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

by Sebastiano Caltabiano (1899-?) , "Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte"

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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  Twenty Six Italian Songs and Arias (J. G. Paton) [tismusic.com]
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  The Art of the Song Recital [amazon.com]
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