- “Non piu andrai” (“From now on”) from The Marriage of Figaro(W.A. Mozart)
In this comic opera, Count Almaviva’s personal valet, Figaro, sarcastically scolds the flirtatious servant,
Cherubino. Figaro sings:
“You won’t go any more, amorous butterfly,
Fluttering around inside night and day,
Disturbing the sleep of beauties,
A little Narcissus and Adonis of love.”beats^1 ⁄ 21 ⁄ 41 ⁄ 4 1
Count: 4 a 1
Count:
- Kundiman in 1800 (Tagalog dialect), Filipino Kundimansong
Count:
114
MODULE 5
of beats: 2
Count: 2 + 3 + 1 a 2 (3)
Count:
Vocabulary note
KUNDIMAN SONGS
Kundiman songsare traditional Filipino serenades in the Tagalog (pronounced “Ta-ga’log”) dialect. Rhythms are gentle and
flowing, and the melody is characterized by big leaps.
This particular song is humorous; the first line of the song translates, “They killed a mosquito once in our poor town.”