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by Carlo Pepoli, Conte (1796 - 1881)

È la Luna in mezzo al mare
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG JPN
[È la Luna]1  in mezzo al mare,
Mamma mia si salterà :
L'ora è bella per danzare ;
Chi è in amor non mancherà !

Presto in danza a tondo a tondo...
Donne mie venite quà :
Un garzon [fresco]2 e giocondo 
A ciascuna toccherà.

Fin che in ciel brilla una stella, 
E la luna splenderà ;
Il più bel con la più bella
Tutta notte danzerà.3

Salta, salta, gira, gira,
Ogni coppia a cerchio va, 
Già s'avvanza, si ritira, 
E all' assalto tornerà.

Serra, serra colla bionda,
Colla bruna va quà e là,
Colla rossa va a seconda,
Colla smorta fermo sta.

Viva il Ballo a tondo, a tondo 
[Già son Re... son già Bascià...]4
È il più bel piacer del mondo,
La più cara voluttà !3

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Rossini 

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Confirmed with Carlo Pepoli, Varie Canzoni Anacreontiche, London, P. Rolandi, 1835, pages 33-34.

1 Rossini: "Già la Luna è"
2 Rossini: "bello"
3 Rossini adds:
Mamma mia, mamma mia,
	già la luna è in mezzo al mare,
	mamma mia, mamma mia,
	mamma mia si salterà.
	Frinche frinche frinche frinche
	mamma mia, si salterà,
	La la ra la ra...
4 Rossini: "Sono un Rè, sono un Bascià,"

Text Authorship:

  • by Carlo Pepoli, Conte (1796 - 1881), "La Tarantola Napolitana", appears in Varie Canzoni Anacreontiche [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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La danza", alternate title: "Tarantella Napoletana" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch) , no title, copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne) , "La Danse", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
  • GER German (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , "Der Tanz", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Gaitzsch , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 127

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