O Mio Babbino Caro

O Mio Babbino Caro, 1½ octaves, level 2, 2024, Score Exchange

This arrangement of "O Mio Babbino Caro" for 1½-octave handbells (diatonic C5-G6) is readily playable by three 4-in-hand handbell musicians, and includes tower swing, gyro and vibrato. "O mio babbino caro" translates as "Oh my dear Papa”, and was originally a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (by renowned Italian composer Giacomo Puccini) sung by the character Lauretta after tensions between her father, and the boy she loved.

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