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Senow Music Sheet (Senô gakufu) No. 380
歌劇リゴレット クエスタ・オ・クエラ
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This One or That [Questa o Quella] from the Opera Rigoletto (Kageki Rigoretto Kuesuta·o·kuera)
Senow Music Sheet (Senô gakufu) No. 380
歌劇リゴレット クエスタ・オ・クエラ
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian, 1813 – 1901)
Lyricist: Francesco Maria Piave (Italian, 1810 – 1876)
Publisher: Kyōeki shōsha shoten (Japanese)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian, 1813 – 1901)
Lyricist: Francesco Maria Piave (Italian, 1810 – 1876)
Publisher: Kyōeki shōsha shoten (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1924 (Taishô 13), October 28
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 31 × 22.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1141.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown: This One or That (Italian and Japanese)
"For every, sweet maiden, Flutters, my heart
They vie in their charms, All of them, are so dear
The future, is unknown so now, I give my heart to each
On this day, we fall in love, But tomorrow we’ll be strangers
Tomorrow we’ll be strangers.
Promising such constant sincerity, For me is so unpleasant
Aimless wandering is best, Freedom is, a life of love
If a husband or lover finds out, And gets mad, that’s still okay
When I start to fall in love with a beauty
I devote myself truly, Unsparingly, I devote myself"
"For every, sweet maiden, Flutters, my heart
They vie in their charms, All of them, are so dear
The future, is unknown so now, I give my heart to each
On this day, we fall in love, But tomorrow we’ll be strangers
Tomorrow we’ll be strangers.
Promising such constant sincerity, For me is so unpleasant
Aimless wandering is best, Freedom is, a life of love
If a husband or lover finds out, And gets mad, that’s still okay
When I start to fall in love with a beauty
I devote myself truly, Unsparingly, I devote myself"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)