Italian Arias

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.6002
  • Dates of Creation
      1700-1800 (circa)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume

Scope and Content

(fo. 1v) blank; (fo. 2v) 'Povere mie speranze'; (fo. 3v) 'So' che vauti un core ingrato so''; (fo. 5v) 'Donne vegni al balcon che l'orbo'; (fo. 6v) 'La violetta vergognosetta'; (fo. 7v) 'Ah ritorna e ta' dell' oro alla terra'; (fo. 8v) 'Dormia sul margine d'un ruscelletto supinae'; (fo. 9v) 'Pur nel sonno al mentalora vien cole'; (fo. 10v) 'Rondi nella amira pieta fula dolce sua'; (fo. 12v) 'Sulla piazza miei signori ecco qua l'onto'; (fo. 13v) Ho sparso tante lagrime per animo lirti'; (fo. 14) 'Non sodir sepena si a quel chio'; (fo. 15v) 'Fuggi dagl' occhi miei perfido ingannator'; (fo. 17v) 'Ecco quel fieroistante nice mia nice addio'; (fo. 22v) the same for four voices; (fo. 30v) 'Oh come spesso il mendo nel guido cardo'; (fo. 31v) 'Mille cose in un momento caro'; (fo. 32v) 'Quell' onda che rovina della pendice al pina'; (fo.33v) 'Dolce sonno amica quiete'; (fo. 34v) 'Bevi compare che' l vin'; (fo. 37v) 'Fra Martin levasi sonna le campane'; (fo. 43v) blank. On fo. 1 a list of contents in English in a later hand. Attached to inside front cover a bookplate with the letters MLThC.

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Acquisition Information

Bought from G. David, bookseller, Cambridge, 31 May 1917

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