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Sergio De Liso, 2014
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Sheet Music
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Sergio De Liso
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Sergio De Liso
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General Information
| Work Title
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Sì la chiù bella
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| Composer
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Valenza, Gaetano
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGV 6
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| Key
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D minor
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| First Publication.
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1855 ca. - Naples: G. Fabricatore, Plate 873
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| Librettist
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Gaetano Dura
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| Language
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Neapolitan
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| Dedication
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miss Giulietta Dura
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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5 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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| Related Works
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Included in the collection La Napolitana (No. 2)
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This aria may be regarded as a parody. Verses such as "Io me te schiaffo attuorno comme a nu cacciuttiello chino de fedeltà" (I'm going to put myself close to you like a little faithful pet) seem more humorous than sentimental. Moreover the work is dedicated to a young woman (a librettist's daughter) who probably played the first performance, since she is said a "virtuosa" in the dedication; but it's a man's love song to a woman; so probably it was sung as a parody. Surely a "serious" performance is possible, especially if sung by a man. Anyway all the other Valenza's songs collected in "La Napolitana" are undoubtedly comic.
