Friday, January 27, 2012

Third stanza to "Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia"

Speranza


Essays in musicology: a tribute to Alvin Johnson - Page 254
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Lewis Lockwood, Edward H. Roesner - 1990 - 306 pages - Full view

"When Piave first sent Verdi
the text of the chorus of
conspirators in the third act,
"Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia," the
third strophe read:

morte colga o n' arrida vittoria
pugneremo e col sangue de' spenti
scriveranno i figliuoli ...

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