La Calavreslla
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Sera la viddi, la Calavresella:
Chiano, chianillo da l’aqua veniva!
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Ed io le dissi: addio, Calavresella!
Na veppeta de st'aqua mme faria?
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Ed essa mme respunne, garbata e bella:
Non sulo l'aqua, la perzona mia! --
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Confirmed with Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesieen aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln, Gesammelt und übersetzt von August Kopisch, Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Crantz, 1838, page 76.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem [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 August Kopisch (1799 - 1853) , "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt ; composed by Carl Attenhofer, Carl Hirsch, Karl Gottlieb Reissiger.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-01
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