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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire,
Non ti lasciar superar dallo sonno.
Quattro parole, amore, io son per dire,
Che tutte e quattro son di gran bisogno:
La prima ell'è che mi fate morire,
E la seconda, che un gran ben vi voglio:
La terza, che vi sia raccomandata;
L'ultima, che di voi so' innamorata.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Parole di gran bisogno", op. 82, Heft 2 no. 10, published 1895 [ soprano and cimbalom ], from Rispetti. Canti popolari toscani por Sopran (o Tenor) con Cembalo, no. 10, Berlin, Bote & Bock ; incipit in German: "Hebe noch einmal lauschend das blonde Haupt auf" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 30, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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