Name: La palummella (arr. Giuseppe Di Bianco) by Giuseppe Di Bianco Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Giuseppe Di Bianco
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Product Details

Title La palummella (arr. Giuseppe Di Bianco)

Artist Giuseppe Di Bianco

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger Giuseppe Di Bianco

Composer Anonymous (XIX century)

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 8

Arrangement Choir

Publisher Giuseppe Di Bianco

Level 3

Product ID 1772026

Genre Folk A Cappella 19th Century Historic

Instruments Choir

Product Description

La palummella is a popular, anonymous Neapolitan serenade from the late 19th century.
The surviving lyrics (around 1873), usually attributed to Teodoro Cottreau or Domenico Bolognese, are based on a Romantic allegory: the speaker sends a "palummella" (a little butterfly) to carry his longing and love to his absent beloved, imploring it to kiss her from him. The device of love via messenger is a staple poetic trope, combining intimacy, yearning, and a bittersweet separation. On the surface, "Palummella" is a tender love song, but its subtext reveals its subversive undertones. Initially circulating as anti-Savoy (Italian government) and pro-Southern-liberty themes, it lamented the perceived "unjust" annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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