Non so quale canzona mi cantare
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Non so quale canzona mi cantare, Che s'affacesse alla vostra persona: Di sottoterra la vorrei cavare. Che detta non l'avesse creatura, Che detta non l'avesse né sentita Uomo né donna né persona antica.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Non so quale canzona mi cantare", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841 [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):
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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. 130, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-30
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