by Carlo Gozzi (1720 - 1806)
Translation
O che cuccagna
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Oh che cuccagna, Oh che felicità, d'andar alla campagna colla sua bella! Oimè, io muoio, Io muoio d'amore! Un T, un' A, un' M, un' O Vuol dir ch' io t' amo E sempre t' amerò.
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It is based on
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Gozzi (1720 - 1806), no title, appears in Il mostro turchino, Fiaba tragicomica in cinque Atti
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann (1776 - 1822), "O che cuccagna", WV 32 no. 3, published 1808 [vocal trio for soprano, tenor, and bass with piano], Berlin, Werckmeister; also found in E. T. A. Hoffmanns ausgewählte musikalische Werke, Mainz: Schott Musik International, 2006, from Band 12a: Kleine Vokalkompositionen und Klaviersonaten: Italienische Vokalensembles: Trois Canzonettes, pages 11 - 22 [ sung text verified 1 time]
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