Title: ‘O Sole Mio
Music: Eduardo di Capua (1865 – 1917)
Text: Giovanni Capurro (1859-1920)
Free at Art Song Central:
- PDF: O Sole Mio
- Key: G Major
- Range: D4 – G5
- Source: Echoes of Naples
- PDF: O Sole Mio
- Key: G Major
- Range: D4 – G5
- Note: This edition is hampered by an English singing translation above the Neapolitan.
- Source: La Mejor Musica del Mundo
Elsewhere on the Internet:
Mp3:
- Di Capua: ‘O Sole Mio – Luciano Pavarotti
- A Caruso recording (and many others) can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.
MIDI:
- Many sources online, but all that I found were hideously overarranged.
Che bella cosa na jurnata ‘e sole,
n’aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe’ ll’aria fresca pare gia’ na festa
Che bella cosa na jurnata ‘e sole.Ma n’atu sole
cchiu’ bello, oi ne’.
‘O sole mio
sta ‘nfronte a te!
‘O sole, ‘o sole mio
sta ‘nfronte a te,
sta ‘nfronte a te!Lùcene ‘e llastre d”a fenesta toia;
‘na lavannara canta e se ne vanta
e pe’ tramente torce, spanne e canta
lùcene ‘e llastre d’a fenesta toia.Quanno fa notte e ‘o sole se ne scenne,
me vene quase ‘na malincunia;
sotto ‘a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e ‘o sole se ne scenne.
- Recmusic.org has the text and an English translation.
- An Italian translation of the Neapolitan is available at the previously mentioned Italiamerica page for ‘O Sole Mio.
- Wikipedia has an entry for ‘O Sole Mio.
