by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)
Chi vuol la zingarella
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Chi vuol la zingarella Graziosa accorta e bella? Signori, eccola qua. Signori, eccola qua. Le donne sul balcone So bene indovinar. I giovani al cantone So meglio stuzzicar. A vecchi innamorati Scaldar fo le cervella.
Authorship:
- by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825) [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Chi vuol la zingarella", R 1.79 (1789), first performed 1789, from opera Gli zingari in fiera, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Who desires the gipsy girl", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Who desires the fair gypsy-maiden?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wer begehrt das Zigeunermädchen", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35