Su una violetta morta

Song TitleSu una violetta morta (Search)
Composer(s):Ottorino Respighi
Author(s):Francesco Rocchi (after Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Bending; Breathing; Brevity of Life; Colors; Crying; Dead; Death; Death of Love; Delightful; Despair; Destiny; Empty; Ending; Fleeing; Flowers; Forgetting; Futility; Glowing; Grief; Hearts; Ice; In Vain; Kisses; Languid; Metaphor: Kisses as Fragrance; Mocking; Motionless; Mourning; Mute; Odors; Passionate; Poor; Resting; Silent; Singing; Souls; Tender; Tired; Vanishing; Violets
First LineÈ vanito l'odor di questo fiore, (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1912 (Search)
Larger WorkSei Liriche, seconda serie (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Original LanguageItalian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d1/IMSLP97091-PMLP199609-Respighi_-_6_liriche,_Series_2_(voice_and_piano).pdf#page=5
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6N-68vZwDI
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/su-una-violetta-morta-2/
Catalog DesignationP. 97 no. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMezzo-soprano
Range: Db4 - Gb5 (Search)
Original KeyEb minor (Search)
Dedicated ToChiarina Fino Savio (Search)
NotesTranslator unconfirmed (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
If you have suggestions or corrections for this song, please enter them below and click submit.

Your Email (Optional):