Choral Choir,Choral (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1350298 Composed by Vincenzo Bellini. Arranged by D. Jason Bishop. 19th Century,Classical,Instructional,Romantic Period. 10 pages. Tully Road Music #935087. Published by Tully Road Music (A0.1350298). The bel canto composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) dedicated his arietta āVaga luna, che inargentiā to Giluetta Pezzi, an Italian writer. The work is based on an anonymous text and was first published in 1838 by Casa Ricordi with two other songs by Bellini, āIl fervido desiderioā and āDolente immagine di Fille mia.ā Ricordi later included āVaga lunaā in a larger collection of Belliniās songs published in 1935 to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the composerās death. āVaga lunaā is a love poem in which the writer yearns to be reunited with his beloved. He repeatedly asks the moon, the āonly witness to [his] ardent desire,ā to ātell herā of the depth and sincerity of his feelings, and of his hopes that the future will bring them together. This arrangement preserves Belliniās original piano part and places the melody prominently in the top soprano voice. The lower voices provide supporting harmonies informed by the accompaniment, moving largely in parallel motion, but with their own counter-melodic value. The arrangement is also available in a version for TTB voices.
