Pur nel sonno almen talora
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Pur nel sonno almen talora
vien colei, che m'innamora,
le mie pene a consolar.
Rendi Amor, se giusto sei,
più veraci i sogni miei,
o non farmi risvegliar.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• M. Glinka M. Glinka sets lines 1-3, 1-3, 4-6, 1-3, 1-3
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Note: at the end of Glinka's setting, "a consolar" is repeated twice.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Pur nel sonno", lines 1-3,1-3,4-6,1-3,1-3 [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Pur nel sonno almen talora", op. 7 no. 2, published [c1807] [ voice and piano ], from Sammlung deutscher und italienischer Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Heft VI, no. 1, from Dodici Ariette, no. 2, Leipzig: Bei Ambrosius Kühnel (Bureau de Musique.); German incipit: "Nur im Traume seh' ich entzückt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757), "Pur nel sonno almen talora", from cantata Cantata 4 con VV.ni: Pur nel sonno almen talora , no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2003-11-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 28
Only in my sleep (at least sometimes)
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Only in my sleep (at least sometimes)
comes the beloved1
to console my pain.
Grant, love, if you are just,
more truth to my dreams
or don’t awaken me.
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1 literally, "the one who fills me with love"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 29