In a message dated 6/5/00 1:40:08 PM, DianeKLane@a... writes:
<< I'm in search of Italian tunes (for teaching purposes) that are:
1. higher (have a couple high B flats [As will also suffice]),
2. up-tempo (Allegretto and faster),
3. set to a small amount of text.
Handel's "Va godendo" is a prime example of the type of song I'm looking for.
(His "Bel piacere" also kinda fits the bill.) Any suggestions? Karen??
DKL >>
Diane:
Boy, it's hard to think of something that really meets all three
requirements!
The only song that immediately springs to mind is Arditi's Il bacio.
Some of the Verdi songs may also work. I like La Zingara (which has a high
C). Stornello is also up tempo but I haven't sung it so can't say for certain
what the range is.
In the aria department (some are definitely "wordier" than others):
Tornami vagheggiar from Alcina (Handel)
(there must be dozens of other Handel arias that fit this description!)
Mi tradi--from Don Giovanni (Mozart)
In uomini, in soldati
and
Una donna a quindici anni--from Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
Zeffiretti lusinghieri --from Idomeno (Mozart) Though mostly sustained, this
has some florid passages (and it's quite beautiful!)
Caro nome--from Rigoletto (Verdi)
Saper vorreste--from Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Stridono lassu--from I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
So anchio la virtu magica--from Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
and also the Allegro giusto section of Tacea la notte placida from Il
Trovatore (Verdi)
Quite a few of the Mozart concert arias would probably fill the bill, for
example:
Chi sa, chi sa...
or
Chio mi scordi di te..Non temer amato bene
etc.
If Latin is close enough, the first and last movements of Exsultate, jubilate.
..
These last few I'm not familiar with so I can't say for certain that there is
minimal text, but they may be worth investigating. I found them in Sergius
Kagen's Music for the Voice:
E vero che in casa io sono padrone
Se son vendicata
and
Perdonate signor mio (3 arias) from Il Matrimonio Segreto (Cimarosa)
Stizzoso, mio stizzoso--from La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
Qual farfaletta amante (D. Scarlatti)
La pastorella sul primo albore (Vivaldi)
Sebben sente (Vivaldi)
E la pompa un grand imbroglio --from L'Infedelta Delusa (Haydn)
Judy
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