by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)
Sto gniegno, sto cerviello
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect)
Sto gniegno, sto cerviello io mmota voglio mettere; e dinto cca nce sta no cierto mancaniello, addove s'arravogliano le ttrapole, le mmachene, le mpostarie, le ntapeche; vatte penzanno me che ccosa n'ha d'afaj. Bellizze vedarraje, derraje, chesto ched'è? Ora me vasta, e zzaffece, duormo, ca so li surece; e llassa te se vrì.
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- by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744), no title [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 Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Sto gniegno, sto cerviello", 1739, first performed 1739, from the opera Amor vuol sofferenza [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-25
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