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La farfalletta (song)Year: 1813
Genre: Solo Song / Lied / Chanson
Pr. Instruments: Voice & Piano
This song was supposedly composed when Bellini was all of twelve years old. He wrote it for a girl friend, to be performed as a part of a puppet show, and the girl friend's brother wrote the words. She sang the song, which is about the catching of a butterfly, and had her puppet act the part. The melody is memorable, happy, and light, and the accompaniment delicate and appropriate to the image of a flitting butterfly, trying to get away from its pursuer. The singer of the song is slightly evil, as she sings of catching the butterfly and giving it to her boyfriend. She tells the little butterfly not to worry, that her boyfriend will take good care of it.
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