Ti voglio amar, se la terra tremasse
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ti voglio amar, se la terra tremasse, ti voglio amar, se il ciel [venisse]1 a terra, ti voglio amar, se tu [m'abbandonasse]2, se tu m'abbandondonassi, se gli occhi miei [e']3 tuoi facesser guerra e gli occhi [miei e' tuoi]4 guerra faranno. Ti voglio amar, se [contenti saranno]5.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Canti popolari Toscani, raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, 1856.
1 Viardot-García: "cadesse"2 Viardot-García: "m'abbandonassi" (which would be grammatically correct, while the original is an "idiotismo fiorentino"
3 Viardot-García: "a"
4 Viardot-García: "tuoi ai me"
5 Viardot-García: "contenta sarai" (1st time; when repeated like original)
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title [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):
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Ti voglio amar!", op. 6 (Six Mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 6, published [1910] [ voice and piano ], Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Ti voglio amar", VWV 1070 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
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