{"id":8206,"date":"2021-08-06T21:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=8206"},"modified":"2021-08-06T22:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:05:29","slug":"cavatina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/06\/cavatina\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavatina"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Cavatina is a musical term originally meaning a short song of simple character<\/em><\/p>\n

Rather like a folk song<\/em><\/p>\n

In a way\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The air is so warm tonight\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It is always warm in the hills above the sea\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You must have many happy memories\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes I have many\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But one stands out\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Which one is that\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It was when my cousins visited\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

We were allowed to accompany Mama to the pumice slopes\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Surely they were dangerous\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes they were but if you treated them with respect then you were safe<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell me more\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

My cousins usually arrived from the city in the early days of August\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

And this gave Mama the excuse to visit the pumice cliffs<\/em><\/p>\n

She would take her brush and paints and work for hours\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Whilst we played on the pumice slopes and swam in the shallows\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have any of her paintings\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I have a few and the strange thing is that she only ever used blue yellow and white<\/em><\/p>\n

You must show me some of her works\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I will at breakfast tomorrow before the sun gets too hot<\/em><\/p>\n

They are best viewed in the early morning light<\/em><\/p>\n

It is so quiet so very quiet<\/em><\/p>\n

You can almost hear the silence<\/em><\/p>\n

And\u00a0 because of that you will share your dreams with the night\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sleep now my love as you have had a long journey\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Close your eyes and skip down the pumice cliffs as I once did<\/em><\/p>\n

Sleep now before the sun continues its journey<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cavatina<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0musical<\/a>\u00a0term, originally meaning a short\u00a0song<\/a>\u00a0of simple character, without a second strain or any repetition of the\u00a0air<\/a>. It is now frequently applied to any simple, melodious air, as distinguished from brilliant\u00a0arias<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0recitatives<\/a>, many of which are part of a larger\u00a0movement<\/a>\u00a0or scena in\u00a0oratorio<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0opera<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Cavatina is a musical term originally meaning a short song of simple character Rather like a folk song In a way\u00a0 The air is so warm tonight\u00a0 It is always warm in the hills above the sea\u00a0 You must have many happy memories\u00a0 Yes I have many\u00a0 But one stands out\u00a0 Which one is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}