Italienisches Volkslied | Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato
Un damo aver che fosse sonatore!
Eccolo qua che Dio me l'ha mandato
Tutto coperto di rose e viole;
Eccolo qua che vien pianin pianino
A capo basso, e suona il violino.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 43, first published 1860 ; composed by Hans Ebert, Hermann Goetz, Hans Hermann, Hans Huber, Cornélie van Oosterzee, August Overbeck, Hugo Wolf.
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Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen:
Ach, wäre doch ein Musikus mir gut!
Nun ließ der Herr mich meinen Wunsch erlangen
Und schickt mir einen, ganz wie Milch und Blut.
Da kommt er eben her mit sanfter Miene,
Und senkt den Kopf und spielt die Violine.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 21.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 43, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Der Musikus", op. 21 no. 5, published 1918 [ medium voice and piano ], from Italienischer Liederkreis (nach dem Italien. Liederbuch von Paul Heyse) für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte , no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), no title, op. 4 no. 6 (1866), published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Rispetti: Sechs Italienische Volksgesänge, no. 6, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Erfüllter Wunsch", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Italienisches Volkslied", op. 72a (Sieben Gesänge nach Volksliedern) no. 7, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Zürich, Gassmann [sung text not yet checked]
by Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863 - 1943), "Italienisches Volkslied", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Amsterdam : De Algemeene Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]
by August Overbeck , "Italienisches Volkslied", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Hasdenteufel [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "How long has my yearning always been", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
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Word count: 49