col ò ▁T omm ase o , ▁and ▁Camil lo ▁Cav our . ▁It ▁was ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁ex ile ▁Princess ▁Bel gio j oso ▁who ▁" was ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁most ▁over t ly ▁political ▁of ▁the ▁sal on ni ères . ▁Like ▁Carlo ▁P ep oli , ▁she ▁lived ▁in ▁Paris ▁under ▁dur ess ", ▁states ▁Sm art . ▁Bell ini ▁quickly ▁became ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁prin cess ' ▁sal on ▁after ▁his ▁arrival ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁there ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁P ep oli . ▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁the ▁major ▁oper atic ▁work , ▁Sm art ▁notes ▁that ▁P ep oli ▁" p icked ▁up " ▁additional ▁work ▁including ▁ ▁writing ▁the ▁poetry ▁for ▁two ▁sets ▁of ▁song ▁cycles , ▁one ▁each ▁for ▁Ross ini ▁( in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ) ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁Italian ▁composer ▁Sa ver io ▁Mer c ad ante ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 : ▁Sm art ▁sees ▁" the ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁collections ▁[ as ▁being ] ▁revealed ▁first ▁of ▁all ▁by ▁their ▁titles : ▁Ross ini ’ s ▁rather ▁generic ▁So ir ées ▁musical es ▁becomes ▁in ▁Mer c ad ante ’ s ▁hands ▁the ▁more ▁ev oc ative ▁So ir ées ▁italien nes ". ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁Ross ini ▁set ▁is ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁four ▁settings ▁of ▁texts ▁by ▁Met ast as io . ▁ ▁References ▁Notes ▁ ▁C ited ▁sources ▁Sen ato ▁della ▁Repub blica ▁Italiana . ▁P ep oli