Reminiscence of Rossini | Dear Dent, two little words in confidence

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by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Reminiscenza Rossiniana

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Caro Dent, due paroline in confidenza
ascoltate con pazienza
di grazia udite:
Vi sovvenga (all'occasione)
Chatto e Windus
and the works of Wilkie Collins,
che mi stanno tanto a cuore
per la mia collezione.

Vi sovvenga'l occasione
la domanda che v'ho fatto
Chatto Windus Wilkie Collins,
Wilkie Collins Chatto Windus,
che mi stanno tanto a cuore
per la mia collezione.

ascoltate con pazienza
questi motti in confidenza
vi sovvenga'l occasione
la domanda che vi fo.

Servitore devotissimo:
  Dottor Busoni.

Text Authorship:

by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), "Reminiscenza Rossiniana" [voice and piano] [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "Reminiscence of Rossini", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 79

Reminiscence of Rossini

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Dear Dent, two little words in confidence
listen with patience
please hear [me]:
You helped out (when the occasion called for it)
[with] Chatto and Windus
and the works of Wilkie Collins,
that are so dear to me
for my collection.

You helped out (when the occasion called for it)
with the demand I made of you
Chatto Windus Wilkie Collins,
Wilkie Collins Chatto Windus,
that are so dear to me
for my collection.

Listen with patience to 
these words in confidence:
you helped out (when the occasion called for it)
with the demand I made of you.

Your most devoted servant:
   Doctor Busoni.

Translator's notes: This is one of Busoni’s last works (1923), and the text is a witty send-up of Rossini and his popularity.
Line 1: Busoni’s friend, the English musicologist E. J. Dent (1876-1957), who requested first and collected editions of popular English novels for Busoni.
Line 5: Chatto & Windus, the London literary publishing house
Line 6: English popular novelist William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889)

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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 104