Un certo non so che (Antonio Vivaldi)

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• CPDL #17788: 

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-08-02).  Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 309 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Scanned score. Edition in E minor. Both Italian and English lyrics. English translation by Dr. Theodore Baker.

General Information

Title: Un certo non so che
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1894 Anthology of Italian song of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (In two volumes), Editor: Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913), Publisher: G. Schirmer

Description:

External websites:

• Parisotti's Anthology from Art Song Central
• English translation at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
• Spanish translation at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page

Original text and translations

Italian text

Un certo non so che
Mi giunge e passa il cor,
E pur dolor, non è.
Se questo fosse amor?
Nel suo vorace ardor,
Già posi incauta,
Posi il piè!