Bertoli

Learn Italian in Song: Maria Teresa

November 8, 2011

Another beautiful song by Pierangelo Bertoli. Maria Teresa forse troppa fantasia, Maria Teresa, perhaps too much imagination giornate uguali, poche notti di follia, days all the same, few nights of folly fragili ricordi, fragile memories sulla fronte qualche ruga in piu’ a few more lines on the forehead volti appena scorti, faces barely seen poco [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Il Pescatore

February 13, 2010

by Pierangelo Bertoli The song requires one or more male voices and a female voice. I can’t find any video of Bertoli, the singer-songwriter. This video features i Nomadi singing with Giulia (winner of an American Idol-style TV contest a few years ago), and was evidently done by a fan of Giulia. The original vocals [...]

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An Italian Song for Valentine’s Day: Per Dirti T’Amo

February 20, 2009

Pierangelo Bertoli: To Say “I Love You” Avrei voluto dedicarti una canzone    I would have liked to dedicate a song to you con le parole della televisione    with the words of the television tutti quei fiori e quei discorsi complicati    all those flowers and complicated discourses che al cine fanno nei locali raffinati.    which in [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Cent’Anni di Meno

January 30, 2009

Pierangelo Bertoli – One Hundred Years Younger Stesi nell’erba tra i fiori di campo    Stretched out in the grass among the flowers of the field Persi a narraci future fortune coi sensi colmi di voglia di vita    Lost in narrating [our] future fortunes with our senses filled with the desire for life In tasca solo [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Certi Momenti

July 13, 2008

Certain Moments Pierangelo Bertoli, 1980 A song in favor of a woman’s right to choose, from a time when either choice to be made for an unwanted pregnancy resulted in social stigma. Unfortunately, the song is relevant still today. For the moment (2008), abortion is legal in Italy, but the political right wing and the [...]

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