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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Se gli alberi potessin favellare
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se gli alberi potessin favellare
E tutte le su' foglie fussin lingue,
L'inchiostro fosse l'acqua dello mare,
La terra calamaio e l'erba penne, 
E'l pian di Roma fosse cartao foglio,
lo non ti scriverei il ben che ti voglio:
Se il pian di Roma fosse foglio e carta,
lo non ti scriverei la minor parte.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Tuscan  [author's text not yet checked 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 Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (1876 - 1948), "Se gli alberi potessin favellare", op. 17 no. 21 (1936), from Il canzioniere, no. 21, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Steinitzer (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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