He told me that he had never written an arietta without composing the music of it himself, but that as a general rule he never shewed his music to anyone.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
arietta in A flat major.
"Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.)"
Elliott Graeme
Suddenly, above the plaint and murmur of wind and forest, the low, clear voice of the girl arose; the melody was no ballad, arietta or pastoral, such as he had before heard from her lips, but a simple hymn, the setting by Calvin.
"Under the Rose"
Frederic Stewart Isham