Ho visto la Sirena in mezzo al mare
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ho visto la Sirena in mezzo al mare; Sur uno scoglio gran pianto faceva: I pesci gli faceva addolorare Dalle triste parole che diceva: E disse, "Figlio non t'innamorare! Chi s'innamora soffre una gran pena, Chi s'innamora, in una fiamma ardente, Fa cento morti il giorno e vive sempre!" Ho visto tanti pesci stare in pianto... Pensa: che farò io, che t'amo tanto!
G. Sgambati sets lines 1-8
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Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Popular Tuscan poetry [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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), no title, 1915-1918, published 1919, from stelle cadenti, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "La sirena", op. 82, Heft 1 no. 2, published 1894 [ soprano or tenor and cimbalom ], from Rispetti. Canti popolari toscani por Sopran (o Tenor) con Cembalo, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock ; incipit in German: "Ich hörte die Sirene" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giovanni Sgambati (1841 - 1914), "La Sirena", op. 35 no. 3, lines 1-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-14
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