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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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.

Text Authorship:

  • 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]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]

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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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 37

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]1 mir gut!
Nun ließ der Herr mich meinen Wunsch erlangen
Und schickt mir einen, [ganz]2 wie Milch und Blut.
Da kommt er eben her mit sanfter Miene,
Und senkt den Kopf und spielt die Violine.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Goetz 

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

1 Goetz: "Musicus"
1 Goetz: "fast"

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]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "How long has my yearning always been", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 49

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