A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Molinara, La

by George Grove

MOLINARA, LA (Ger. Die schöne Müllerin). Opera by Paisiello, produced at Naples in 1788. In London at the King's Theatre Mar. 22, 1803. Its name is preserved by a duet, 'Nel cor più non mi sento,' [App. p.719 "known in England as 'Hope told a flattering tale'"] which has served as the theme of many Variations, amongst others of six by Beethoven. The autograph of the six was headed, 'Variazioni … perdute par la … retrovate par L.v. B.' Beethoven also wrote nine variations on 'Quant' e piü bello,' an air from the same opera. A third air from La Molinara, viz. La Rachelina, is given in the Musical Library, i. 98.

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