Talk:Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article falls within the scope of the WikiProject contemporary music, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of contemporary music subjects. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed biographical guide to musicians and musical groups on Wikipedia.

	This article falls within the scope of the Opera WikiProject, a collaboration to develop Wikipedia articles on operas and opera terminology, opera composers and librettists, singers, designers, directors and managers, companies and houses, publications and recordings. The project talk page is a place to discuss issues, identify areas of neglect and exchange ideas. New members are very welcome!
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on the quality scale.

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is related to the Composers WikiProject which has been provided as a place for editors of biographical articles of music Composers and Songwriters to discuss common issues, discover neglected composer articles and exchange ideas. All who are interested are invited to comment and contribute.

Ermanno Wolf Ferrari also wrote a number of songs for voice and piano. 2 such sets are called "Quattro Rispetti" (Opus.11 and Opus 12). They are charming little songs of old italian verses. (Rispetti is a poetic term referring to verses of 8 lines, each line having 11 syllables, and where the author of the poem is unknown). He also composed various other songs, loosely grouped in a collection called "Il Canzoniere" (Op. 17). Funnilly, this collection includes '"The Italian Songbook" which was also set by Hugo Wolf in German. It is my understanding that Wolf Ferrari alternated the language he set them in, writing the first in Italian, the second in German and so on. I have searched for the sheet music for these songs and can not trace them anywhere. As I have a CD recording of them I know that they do exist and would love to learn them. If anyone can suggest a way of getting hold of them I would be most appreciative.