M'ama... non m'ama

*He loves me... loves me not* · Scanned Score (8 pp.) →

Music: Pietro Mascagni
Completed: 1884
Scoring & Form: Scherzo for voice and piano
Published Editions: Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Vol. II (ed. Cesare Orselli, Boccaccini & Spada); Musiche Vocali Italiane da Camera VIII

One of Mascagni’s most popular chamber songs (1884), widely published in period sheet-music editions and recorded as early as February 1902 in Tbilisi on Berliner 78 rpm.

Italian Text & English Synopsis

M’ama, non m’ama,
M’ama, non m’ama,
M’ama, non m’ama,
M’ama, non m’ama.

Sfoglia sfoglia finché n’hai voglia,
sfoglia sfoglia finché n’hai voglia.

M’ama, non m’ama,
M’ama, non m’ama,
M’ama, non m’ama.
Ahi! non m’ama…

Che ti rispose la sfinge d’amore?
che non t’amo?
Via ritentiamo,
via ritentiamo.

Certo mancava una foglia a quel fiore,
mancava una foglia a quel fiore,
mancava una foglia.

He loves me… he loves me not! Pick the petals any way I like, he loves me… he loves me not! Ah, he doesn’t love me! What do the petals tell me of love? That I am not loved? Come on, try again. Surely there’s a petal missing from this flower!

English synopsis contributed by Roger Flury for Songs by Patricia Wright & David Vine.

Audio Excerpts (3)

M'ama... non m'ama · Recording #501028 — January 29-30, 1998, Music Theatre of the School of Music, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Patricia Wright (Soprano) · David Vine (Piano)

M'ama... non m'ama · Recording #507352 — February 15, 1902, Tbilisi (Tiflis), Armenia

Oskar I. Kamionskiy (Baritone)

M'ama... non m'ama · Recording #507384 — March 20, 2004, Roosevelt, New Jersey

Alan Mallach (Piano) · Cheri Rose Katz (Mezzo Soprano)

Recordings (8)

Cataloged recordings of M'ama... non m'ama
Performance Date & Place	Recording & Cast	Label / Code	Format
February 15, 1902 Tbilisi (Tiflis), Armenia Studio	M'ama... Non m'ama♪ Audio Oskar I. Kamionskiy (Baritone)	E. Berliner's Gramophone 22971	78
1948	Zanetto - Silvano Ebe Stignani (Mezzo-soprano), Tito Petralia (Conductor)	MRF MRF-81	3×LP
March 28, 1983 Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris Live	Live in Paris Renata Scotto (Soprano), Ivan Davis (Piano)	ETCETERA KTC 2002	CD
July 1995 Sala Ceccherini, Florence	Liriche per Canto e Pianoforte Anastasia Tomaszewska-Schepis (Soprano), Angel Rodrigues (Tenor), Fausta Cianti (Piano)	Bongiovanni GB 2235-2	CD
January 29-30, 1998 Music Theatre of the School of Music, University of Auckland, New Zealand Studio	Songs by Italian Composers♪ Audio Patricia Wright (Soprano), David Vine (Piano)	Atoll A9803	CD
January 10-15 & February 7, 2000 Grosser Sendesaal of NDR, Hannover Studio	Roses from 2000 Monterrat Caballé (Soprano), Radio-Philharmonic Hannover des NDR (Orchestra), Miguel Ortega (Conductor)	BMG 74321 75066 2	CD
April 2001 Auditorium Aragonite, Manno, Switzerland Studio	Pietro Mascagni - Melodies and Songs Fausto Tenzi (Tenor), Roberto Negri (Piano)	Arts 47636-2	CD
March 20, 2004 Roosevelt, New Jersey Live	The Unknown Mascagni♪ Audio Alan Mallach (Piano), Cheri Rose Katz (Mezzo Soprano)	[Private] N/A	CD

Italian Text & English Synopsis

Audio Excerpts (3)

Recordings (8)

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