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"Ombre amene amiche piante" by Louise Reichardt | Gracyn Blu, Ellen Rissinger

Subscribe to my main channel: ‪@gracynblu‬ Check out the whole recital:    • Songs You Haven't Heard Of: Senior Recital...   Music by Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) Text by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) Gracyn Blu, mezzo-soprano Ellen Rissinger, piano TEXT AND TRANSLATION: Sung Text (In Italian) Ombre amene, Amiche piante, Il mio bene, Il caro amante, Chi mi dice ove n'andò? Zeffiretto lusinghiero, A lui vola messaggiero, Dì'che torni e che mi renda Quella pace che non ho. English Translation by me! Pleasant shadows, Friendly trees, My beloved, My dear friend, Who can tell me where they went? Kind little breeze, Fly to them as a messenger, Tell them to come back and to give me That peace that I do not have. PROGRAM NOTES: Louise Reichardt was exposed to music at a young age as the daughter of Johann Friedrich Reichardt, a composer. Louise Reichardt received an informal education from her father but was primarily self-taught. By the time she was 11 years old, four of her songs appeared in an anthology of her father's compositions. In 1809, she moved to Hamburg (against her father’s wishes) where she made a living as a voice teacher and directed a women’s chorus. She played a significant role in the German choral movement, a driving force in nineteenth-century musical nationalism. She composed more than 75 songs and choral pieces. Not many singers know about Reichardt’s music. This is likely because as a woman composer who shares a name with her father, her works are harder to find. If you were to look up the name “Reichardt” in a search engine, J.F. Reichardt comes up before Louise Reichardt does. The first two songs of this set are from “Sei Canzoni di Metastasio,” which are six art songs she composed using poems by Pietro Metastasio, an Italian poet and librettist who was “considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.” These songs would make a great addition to the Italian art song repertoire that young singers commonly start with. “Se non piange un infelice” by Reichardt is featured in Hildegard Publishing Company’s “24 Italian Songs and Arias by Women Composers. Recorded March 24, 2023.