Non Dimenticar

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"Non Dimenticar" ("Do Not Forget") is the Italian construction for the informal imperative, "non" + infinitive. Originally titled "T'ho voluto bene" ("I loved you so much"), [1] [2] it is a popular song with music by P. G. Redi (Gino Redi, a.k.a. Luigi Pulci), the original Italian lyrics by Michele Galdieri, with English lyrics by Shelley Dobbins. [3] The song was written for the 1951 film Anna (directed by Alberto Lattuada). While actress Silvana Mangano is frequently credited as the singer, in fact, Flo Sandon's dubbed the two songs sung in Anna [4] [5] (the singer retained the apostrophe in her name which was the result of a misprint on her first album cover). [6]

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The English adaptation was written by Shelly Dobbins in 1954 with the title "Non Dimenticar". [7]

Title Derivation

The actual verb in Italian is "dimenticare", but Italian often contracts words, especially in lyrics and poetry. [8] Common verbs like fare (to do) and avere (to have) are often spoken and written as far and aver. In a typical example, the renowned playwright and author Pirandello wrote a short story Lumie di Sicilia ("Citrons from Sicily"). In only the twelve pages of the story, twelve infinitives appear without the final letter e: guardar, trattar, vincer, tentennar, abbandonar, spiccicar, correr, star (three times), frenar and accampar. In addition, conjugated verb forms can have their final letter dropped. In this example, parevan(o) and c'eran(o). There's a noun odor(e) and there are two adverbs as well, ancor(a) and fin(o). [9] The hard and fast rule governing the Italian word for ′′sir′′ or ′′mister′′ is ′′signore′′: when used immediately preceding a name, the final ′′e′′ is dropped. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "NON DIMENTICAR (DON'T FORGET) - Lyrics - International Lyrics Playground". lyricsplayground.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Song: Non dimenticar written by Shelley Dobbins | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. ↑ "BMI publishing credits for "Non Dimenticar"". Bmi.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Anna (1951) Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Flo Sandon's". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. ↑ "FROM THE VAULTS". fromthevaults-boppinbob.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. ↑ "Adaptations of Non dimenticar by Jerry Vale - Arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  8. ↑ Italian Step by Step, Charles Berlitz, Wynwood Publishing, p.316
  9. ↑ Undici Novelle by Luigi Pirandello, translated and edited by Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications Inc.
  10. ↑ Italian Course Book, Living Languages, by Genevieve A. Martin and Mario Ciatti, page 17
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 181.
  12. ↑ "Jerry Vale – Arrivederci, Roma (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.


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