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Name of a song
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music Asked by: lipseyt-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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29 Jul 2006 23:43 PDT
Expires: 30 Jul 2006 16:19 PDT Question ID: 750776 |
I am looking for the formal name of a song commonly referred to as Puccini's Love Song. The only information I know is that the version I am looking for is song as a duet with a female singer. I believe Donna Summer also did a version of the song I am looking for. |
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Re: Name of a song
From: myoarin-ga on 30 Jul 2006 03:55 PDT |
Just a shot in the dark: could Donna Summer's song have been "Love to Love you Baby", maybe a version of "O Mio Babbino Caro. Lilting melodic love song from the one-act Italian opera by Giacomo Puccini", "Gianni Schicchi" ?? The Italian title means "o my dear baby", hence my guess. Puccini's operas contain many love songs. In his time, opera composers almost intended that such songs would become popular and "hit the street", as they did. Where do we start: Tosca, La Bohème, Manon Lescaut, ...? http://www.r-ds.com/opera/pucciniana/operas.htm There are collections of his "greatest love songs": http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Puccini_s_Greatest_Love_Songs_Pavarotti__6063470 |
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Re: Name of a song
From: thursdaylast23-ga on 30 Jul 2006 11:31 PDT |
It looks like there's an arrangement of a Puccini aria/duet that has been done for brass band, and titled as "Puccini's Love Song." (The title shows up in books of band arrangements.) Myoarin, or someone else who has a more thorough knowledge of Puccini than I do, can probably identify the actual song seconds into the clip on the page below (track #8). I know I know it--but I can't put a name to it at the moment. http://www.bernaertsmusic.com/06PAGES/03CD/CDbb/CDBB17.htm |
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Re: Name of a song
From: pinkfreud-ga on 30 Jul 2006 13:03 PDT |
Two well-known pop songs based on Puccini arias are "Turning Back the Hands of Time," by Neil Sedaka (based on "Nessun Dorma," from "Turandot") and "Don't You Know," by Bobby Worth (based on "Musetta's Waltz" from "La Bohème"). The latter was widely popularized by Della Reese. |
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Re: Name of a song
From: thursdaylast23-ga on 30 Jul 2006 14:41 PDT |
I haven't found any reference to Donna Summer doing any versions of Puccini. She did, however, record Con Te Partiro (I Will Go with You; also translated Time to Say Goodbye) in a dance version (!), which appeared on the VH1 release "Live and More Encore." The song is by Quarantotto, and is probably better known as recorded by Andrea Bocelli(he also recorded it as a duet with Sarah Brightman). There is a clip of Bocelli singing the song on Barnes and Noble. http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=724355651129&ITM=2 Here's a clip of Summer's version on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JBEA/ref=s9_asin_more/102-1935543-4537722?n=5174 |
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Re: Name of a song
From: lipseyt-ga on 30 Jul 2006 16:19 PDT |
Thank you thursdaylast23-ga! I located the song I was looking for. The song is Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli (not Pucinni). The link you provided to Barnes & Noble for the Sarah Brightman CD Time To Say Goodbye was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks for you help. |
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