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Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) internally selected "Sì" as its entrant for the 19th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. [2] In addition to the Italian original version, Cinquetti recorded the song in English –as "Go (Before You Break My Heart)" with lyrics by Norman Newell–, French –as "Lui"–, German –as "Ja" with lyrics by Michael Kunze–, and Spanish –as "Sí"–, which ...
Italian "solfeggio" and English/French "solfège" derive from the names of two of the syllables used: sol and fa.[2] [3]The generic term "solmization", referring to any system of denoting pitches of a musical scale by syllables, including those used in India and Japan as well as solfège, comes from French solmisation, from the Latin solfège syllables sol and mi.
The lyrics teach the solfège syllables by linking them with English homophones (or near-homophones): Doe: a deer, a female deer, alludes to the first solfège syllable, do. Ray: a drop of golden sun, alludes to the second solfège syllable, re. Me: a name I call myself, alludes to the third solfège syllable, mi.
The tune is usually attributed to blind harpist and singer Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738) as his first song, written to the tune of "The Bonnie Cuckoo" (Roud 24351). [4] [5]
In the German notation scheme, a hyphen is added between the pitch and the alteration (D-Dur). In German, Dutch, and Lithuanian, the minor key signatures are written with a lower case letter (d-Moll, d klein, d kleine terts). For example, to describe a song composed in the key of F-sharp major, one could say: F-sharp major (English)
"Erika" is both a common German female name and the German word for heather.The lyrics and melody of the song were written by Herms Niel, a German composer of marches.The exact year of the song's origin is not known; often the date is given as "about 1930", [3] but this has never been substantiated.
It quickly became an international hit, selling about 4 million singles, with versions in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. [1] Ingela "Pling" Forsman wrote lyrics in Swedish, also named "Comment ça va", which was recorded by Kikki Danielsson and released on the album Singles Bar in 1983, [ 2 ] and as a single with "Du skriver ...
The origins of the song are unclear, although one hypothesis is that "Bella Ciao" was originally sung as "Alla mattina appena alzata" ("In the morning as soon as I woke up") by seasonal workers of paddy fields of rice, especially in Italy's Po Valley from the late 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, with different lyrics. [1]