La Danza

La Danza is a song of the poet and democratic politician of the Italian Risorgimento Carlo Pepoli from the year 1835. The music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. This is an originally composed for solo voice and piano piece with a fast- sung text in the rhythm of a Neapolitan Tarantella. The set in very fast 6/8-measure piece is a favorite of singers of bel canto addition at concerts.

History

In the period from 1830, Rossini was aware that his operas no longer corresponded to the contemporary taste, he therefore resorted to the sacred music, chamber music and vocal music. La Danza comes from Rossini's song cycle Les soirées musicales, with twelve pieces of various poets from 1830 to 1835 with some folksy character. Originally composed for the bass Luigi Lablache who successfully sang many operatic roles of Rossini, and piano accompaniment song was often edited. There are many transcriptions of the work, various orchestral versions, also for chamber ensembles, and singing voices. Franz Liszt presented in 1838 a virtuoso version for piano solo ago ( Searle Directory No. 424 /9), Frédéric Chopin used motifs from La Danza as inspiration for his Tarantella in A flat major, Opus 43, for piano from 1841, Ottorino Respighi used it in 1918 in his work La boutique fantasque ( The magic Shop ), a ballet by Theme by Gioachino Rossini, in a lavish orchestral version. The pianist pianist György Cziffra and Marc- André Hamelin worked as Liszt La Danza for solo piano in highly virtuosic style with modern harmonies. In particular, the interpretations of the song by Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Alfredo Kraus, Cecilia Bartoli and many others hold the piece is still known around the world.

Musical structure

Rossini has the piece in the key of A minor, and set him the lecture marked Allegro con brio ( Italian: fast, lively, cheerful, cheerful with momentum ) given. The pace is set by the metronome marking = 152, the dotted quarter note should therefore be played and sung in 152 beats per minute. The 6/8 - clock runs through the entire piece, which takes about three minutes at this rate. The tenor Enrico Caruso sang in 1912 in a studio recording in three minutes and ten seconds, the coloratura mezzo- soprano Cecilia Bartoli needed for La Danza in a concert of the Victoires de la musique classique, Paris 2003, stimmakrobatischer, two minutes and 13 seconds.

After an instrumental introduction of 48 bars of the song begins: Già - la luna è in mezzo al mare .. It extends in the first stanza about 60 cycles up to twice sung chorus in A major in 17 cycles: La! - La ra ra la - la la la ra ra la la! This is followed by an instrumental interlude, similar to the introduction, but in eight bars. The second verse Salta, salta, gira gira ... goes on for another 60 cycles, then the chorus again follows with 17 cycles. The singers usually try this last La! to keep for a period of 12 bars of instrumental conclusion at full volume.

Text

|: Già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, si salterà! L' ora è bella by danzare, chi è in amor non mancherà. : | Già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, si salterà! Presto danza in a tondo, a tondo, donne mie venite qua, garzon un bello e giocondo a ciascuna toccherà, finche in ciel brilla una stella e la luna splenderà. Il più bel con la più bella tutta notte danzerà. Mamma mia, mamma mia, già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia, si salterà. |: Frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, mamma mia, si salterà. : | La! la ra la ra la ra ra la la la la! la ra la ra la la la la ra la! | Salta, salta, gira, gira, ogni coppia a cerchio va, già s'avanza, si ritira e all'assalto Tornera. : | Già s'avanza, si ritira e all'assalto Tornera! Sera, sera, colla Bionda, colla bruna và quà e là colla pink và a seconda, colla smorta Fermo sta. Viva il ballo a tondo a tondo, sono un re, sono un PasciÃ, è il più bel mondo del piacer la più cara voluttà. Mamma mia, mamma mia, già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia, si salterà. |: Frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, mamma mia, si salterà. : | La! la ra la ra la ra ra la la la la! la ra la ra la la la la ra la!

|: Now the moon is high above the sea, mamma mia, what are we going to jump! The hour is beautiful for dancing, and no one wants to miss it Verliebtes. : | Now the moon is on the sea, mamma mia, what are we going to jump! Quick in the dance, round and round, my women all come from, a beautiful and cheerful boy will rotate with everyone. As long as the sky sparkles a star, and the moon is shining, dance of the most beautiful and the most beautiful all night. Mamma mia, Mamma mia, Now the moon is high above the sea, mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia, what are we going to jump! |: Frin [k ] e, [ Heissa ], frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, Mamma mia, what are we going to jump! : | La! la ra la ra la ra ra la la la la! la ra la ra la la la la ra la! |: Jump, jump, turn, turn, each pair rotates in a circle, Now back to the front, now Now to attack and back.: | now forward, now back, Now to attack and back. Hold on tight to the blonde, to the brunette dancing over, spin around with the Reds. but the Pale leave her alone. Long live to dance around in circles! I am king, I am Pasha, It is the greatest pleasure in the world, it is the most beautiful sensuality! Mamma mia, mamma mia, Now the moon is high above the sea; Mamma mia, Mamma mia, Mamma mia, what are we going to jump! |: Frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, frinche, Mamma mia, what are we going to jump! : | La! la ra la ra la ra ra la la la la! la ra la ra la la la la ra la!

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Due to the popularity of La Danza exists in many orchestrations, arrangements and transcriptions. In addition to Rossini's original piano version with vocals, there are instrumental versions for large orchestra, chamber ensembles, and various solo instruments such as accordion and guitar. A strong-willed, virtuosic interpretation for guitar solo provided the Ukrainian guitarist Galina Vale in 2009.

Preview

(La Danza sung by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in a studio recording of 1912)

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