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Una Furtiva Lagrima
Background Composer:

The song was composed by a composer Gaetano Donizetti.He is an italian composer.He was born
on 29 November 1797 and died on 8 April 1848 Bergamo, Lombardy, Austrian Empire.Gaetano
Donizetti start his journey in music with Giovanni Simone Mayr, Bavarian Priest,he is a musical director
of Sta,Maria Maggiore,Bergamo's chief church.Donizetti first success as a composer is with "Enrico di
Borgogna" which first appeared in 1818 at Teatro San Luca. Then lately in his life Gaetano Donizetti was
known for his 70 operas.He was also the leading composer for the Bel Canto opera style during the first
half of the nineteenth century.Some of his popular works are Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), La fill
regiment (1840) and La favourite (1840) and many more.

Sypnosis:

The song Una Furtiva is about a girl name Adina who is in love with the men name
Nemorino but has a mix feeling towards Nemorino.But when he was drunk on wine,Nemorino
walk past Adina towards other girl.Adina feel sad and Namorino noticed it.In that moment
Adina realises that she is in love with him.In the song, he expressed his feeling of joy at finding
that Adina love him back.

Analysis score:

The song Una Furtiva Lagrima is an aria song.The key is in Bb minor and tempo is Larghetto between
60-66 bp.The song does not use a lot of musical term and it only used common musical term such as P,
crescendo, decrescendo, f, fermata hold and the term that I rarely seen is smorzando.

Musical term:

-p -soft(indicates that the dynamics quickly, almost abruptly,lower the volume.)

-f -forte(forte is present it means this music should be played loud)
-PP -pianissimo(it means to play very soft)
-smorz meaning -smorzando(in a way that dies away)
-crescendo - gradually increasing sound.
-decrecendo - decrease in loudness.
-fermata hold - the note over which it is placed should be held on beyond it natura duration.
-appoggiaturas - grace note(ornamental note of long or short duration that temporarily
displaces, and subsequently resolves into, a main note, usually by stepwise
motion)
Lyric translations:
Lyric translation:
Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama,
lo vedo, lo vedo.
Un solo istante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir confondere
per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei co' suoi sospir.
Cielo, si può morir;
di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morir! Si può morir d'amor.
A furtive tear
in her eyes appeared:
Those festive young girls
she seemed to envy.
What more need I look for?
What more need I look for?
She loves me! Yes, she loves me,
I see it, I see it.
For a single instant the beats
of her beautiful heart to hear!
My sighs to blend
for a while with her sighs!
Her heartbeats, her heartbeats to hear,
my sighs with hers to merge.
Heavens! One could die!
More I cannot ask, I cannot ask.
Oh, heavens! One could, one could die!
More I cannot ask, I cannot ask.
One could die! One could die of love!