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Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai! [Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse; Belle jambe]1, la vaisselle danse, Tra la la la la...
1 as printed according to the Dover score; however, one CD booklet has "Belle jambes, tireli, qui dansent;/ Belle jambes".
Authorship
- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Tout gai!", M. A. 9 no. 5 (1904-6), published 1909 [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 5, not originally part of this cycle; based on Hubert Pernot's "6 Chanson grecque de l'Ile de Chio" [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Everyone is Joyous!", copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Ganz heiter!", 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "¡Venga alegría!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Tutto è allegro!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "Csupa vidámság!", copyright © 2010, (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.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21
¡Venga alegría! a, venga alegría! Piernecita, tireli que baila, Piernecita, la vajilla baila, tra-la-la.
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2008 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 14