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Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").
Manrico Di quella pira l'orrendo foco Tutte le fibre m'arse, avvampò!... Empi, spegnetela, o ch'io fra poco Col sangue vostro la spegnerò... Era già figlio prima d'amarti,
Magnificat anima mea for double chorus and orchestra Hieronymus (III) Praetorius: 1614 1629 Magnificat I. toni (organ, formerly attributed to Hieronymus (I) Praetorius) Johann Erasmus Kindermann: 1616 1655 Intonatio Magnificat 4. Toni and Magnificat Octavi Toni in Harmonia Organica 6th verse (Gloria) of Magnificat Octavi Toni ⓘ Matthias Weckmann
The song was released as a single in 1978 for the first time together with a remake of "Città vuota (It's a Lonely Town)" and managed to reach number four on the Italian chart. The live version of the song was included in the album Mina Live '78 (1978), and the studio version was published on the compilation Del mio meglio numero sette (1983).
Quando is the only Italian word normally retained in most English-language renditions of the song. Pat Boone sang the starting piece in Italian but then carried on the rest of it in English, repeating every now and again some Italian words.
The song has been recorded in a number of versions. The Italian version performed by Fran Jeffries appears in the film, but not on the soundtrack album.An instrumental that resembles the underscore of Jeffries' version is included on the soundtrack album, as is a group vocal with only vaguely related English lyrics (which can be heard in the film during the fancy-dress ball and costume party ...
"Mattinata" (Italian pronunciation: [mattiˈnaːta]; English: "Morning") was the first song ever written expressly for the Gramophone Company (the present day EMI). Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo in 1904, it was dedicated to Enrico Caruso, who was the first to record it in April, 1904 with the composer at the piano. Ever since, the piece has ...
The song's composition was inspired by a long and much-publicized Battisti's and Mogol's horseback riding trip from Milan to Rome. [1] [2] According to Battisti, it 'expressed the sense of discovery, of wonder, of freedom that Mogol and I found venturing through meadows, hills, and rivers, as if we were seeing nature for the first time.' [1]