"La danza" is a patter song

Patter song

The patter song is characterized by a moderately fast to very fast tempo with a rapid succession of rhythmic patterns in which each syllable of text corresponds to one note...

 by Gioachino Rossini, in Tarantella

Tarantella

The term tarantella groups a number of different southern Italian couple folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time , accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. The specific dance name varies with every region, for instance...

 napoletana

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 time, the eighth song of the collection Les soirées musicales (1830–1835). The lyrics are by Count Carlo Pepoli(it), librettist of Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

's opera I puritani

I puritani

I puritani is an opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. It was his last opera. Its libretto is by Count Carlo Pepoli, based on Têtes rondes et Cavaliers by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Saintine, which is in turn based on Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality. It was first produced at...

. "La danza" is a stand-alone chamber

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

 vocal piece, rather than part of a larger work. Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

 transcribed it for piano, Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

 used the song as inspiration for his Tarantelle in A-flat

Tarantelle (Chopin)

The Tarantelle in A-flat major, Op. 43 is a short piano piece in tarantella form, written by Frédéric Chopin in June 1841 and published in October 1841. It takes about 3 minutes to play....

, Op. 43, and Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, musicologist and conductor. He is best known for his orchestral "Roman trilogy": Fountains of Rome ; Pines of Rome ; and Roman Festivals...

 featured it in La Boutique fantasque

La Boutique fantasque

La Boutique fantasque or The Magic Toy Shop was a ballet conceived by Léonide Massine who wrote the choreography and the libretto. Ottorino Respighi wrote the music based on piano pieces by Gioachino Rossini. Its world premiere was at the Alhambra Theatre in London on 5 June 1919 and was performed...

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Lyrics

>: Già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, si salterà! L’ora è bella per danzare, chi è in amor non mancherà. :| Già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, si salterà! Presto in danza a tondo, a tondo, donne mie venite qua, un garzon bello e giocondo a ciascuna toccherà, finchè in ciel brilla una stella e la luna splenderà. Il più bel con la più bella tutta notte danzerà. Mamma mia, mamma mia, già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia, si salterà.

frinche, frinche, frinche, mamma mia, si salterà. :> La la ra la ra la ra la la ra la (repeated twice) la la ra la ra la la la la ra la!

ogni coppia a cerchio va, già s’avanza, si ritira e all’assalto tornerà. :> Già s’avanza, si ritira e all’assalto tornerà! Sera, sera, colla bionda, colla bruna và quà e là colla rosa và a seconda, colla smorta fermo sta. Viva il ballo a tondo a tondo, sono un Re, sono un Pascià, è il più bel piacer del mondo la più cara voluttà. Mamma mia, mamma mia, già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia, si salterà.

frinche, frinche, frinche, mamma mia, si salterà. :> La la ra la ra la ra la la ra la (repeated twice) la la ra la ra la la la la ra la!

|: Now the moon is over the ocean; Mamma mia, we're going to leap! The hour is beautiful for dancing, Anyone in love will not miss it. :| Now the moon is over the ocean; Mamma mia, we're going to leap! Soon we’ll be dancing, round and round, my ladies, come here, A beautiful and playful lad will have a turn with everyone. As long as in heaven sparkles a star, And the moonbeams will shine The most beautiful boy and girl will dance all night. Mamma mia, Mamma mia, Now the moon is over the ocean; Mamma mia, mamma mia, Mamma mia, we're going to leap!

faster, faster, faster, Mamma mia, we're going to leap! :> La la ra la ra la ra la la ra la (repeated twice) la la ra la ra la la la la ra la!

every couple have a turn, now advancing, now receding, and returns to the excitement. :> Now advancing, now receding, and returns to the excitement. Dance, dance with the blonde, with the brunette of here and there, with the redhead follow along. with the pale one, keep still. Long live dancing, round and round! I am a king, I am a lord, It is the world’s greatest pleasure The most beautiful delight! Mamma mia, mamma mia, now the moon is over the ocean; Mamma mia, Mamma mia, Mamma mia, we're going to leap!

faster, faster, faster, Mamma mia, we're going to leap! :> La la ra la ra la ra la la ra la (repeated twice) la la ra la ra la la la la ra la!