The 27 art songs for soprano collected together in the present volume make up part of the Canzoniere op. 17 by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, which, after the first edition of 1936, Ricordi’s re-published with a preface by the soprano Gemma Bertagnolli. This work bears witness to the quality of Italian chamber compositions in the first half of the twentieth century and, besides enlarging the concert repertoire for singers, will be found an invaluable didactic work – in particular for courses in music for...

• La vedovella [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• M’è stato regalato tre vïole [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Giovanottino, il bello andar che hai! [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Ninna nanna, la malcontenta! [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• S’io non son bella al vostro paragone [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Io vado a letto con una croce in petto [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Mamma, non mi mandate fuori sola [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Dimmelo, Nino mio, come facesti [Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]
• Come tu mi fai rabbia quando passi [Erm...