by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Nova angeletta sovra l'ale accorta
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Nova angeletta sovra l'ale accorta scese dal cielo in su la fresca riva, là 'nd'io passava sol per mio destino. Poi che senza compagna et senza scorta 5mi vide, un laccio che di seta ordiva tese fra l'erba, ond'è verde il camino. Allor fui preso; et non mi spiacque poi, sí dolce lume uscia degli occhi suoi.
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Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 106 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Nova angeletta sovra l'ale accorta", copyright © 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Petrarca - Chopin: Tre Madrigali, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Nova angeletta", 1951/2 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Vier Canzonen nach Texten von Petrarca, no. 1, Bärenreiter [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-06
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