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Non Dimenticar
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Wikipedia article
"'Non Dimenticar'" ("Do Not Forget"), originally titled "T'ho voluto bene" ("I loved you so much"), 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. 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' (the singer retained the apostrophe in her name which was the result of a misprint on her first album cover).
The English adaptation was written by Shelly Dobbins in 1954 with the title "Non Dimenticar".
Title Derivation
The actual verb in Italian is '"dimenticare"', but Italian often contracts words, especially in lyrics and poetry.Italian Step by Step, Charles Berlitz, Wynwood Publishing, p.316 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)'.'Undici Novelle' by Luigi Pirandello, translated and edited by Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications Inc. 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.Italian Course Book, Living Languages, by Genevieve A. Martin and Mario Ciatti, page 17
Recordings
*The best-known recording of the song was by Nat King Cole, reaching number 45 on the 'Billboard' magazine charts in 1958.
*Jerry Vale's version was included in his 1963 album "Arriverderci, Roma" LP
*Dean Martin on his 1962 album 'Dino: Italian Love Songs'.
*Peggy Lee for her 1961 album 'Ol ala Lee'.
References
Category:1953 songs
Category:Nat King Cole songs
Category:Italian songs
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