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What do the terms "Pur di cesti" and "Tu lo sai" mean? They are used in the mid-terms of a performing arts vocal class. I think the "Pur di cesti" may mean "solo"?

2007-02-27 15:37:57 · 5 answers · asked by venusiaint 4 in Arts & Humanities Performing Arts

5 answers

Firts of all the first phrase is mispelled.
Correct writing is "Pur dicesti" and it doesn't mean "solo".
This is old Italian (17/18th century) that is in English "at last you've spoken"" . It's the title of a musical piece by Antonio Liotti
Here follows the complete lyric and the English translation:

PUR DICESTI
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella,
Quel soave e caro sì,
Che fa tutto il mio piacer.
Per onor di sua facella
Con un bacio Amor t'aprì,
Dolce fonte del goder!

AT LAST YOU HAVE SPOKEN
Beautiful mouth, at last you have spoken
that gentle, lovable "yes"
that makes my joy complete.
In his own honor
Love has opened you with a kiss,
o sweet fountain of pleasure.

"Tu lo sai ?" is in English "Do you know ?" and it's the title of another musical piece by Giuseppe Torelli still end 1600 early 1700 and here is the text with translation into English

TU LO SAI ?
Tu lo sai quanto t'amai,
Tu lo sai, lo sai crudel!
Io non bramo altra mercè,
Ma ricordati di me,
E poi sprezza un infedel.

DO YOU KNOW ?
You now know how I loved you,
You now know, my cruel love !
Other loves I don't desire,
just remember your old lover
bringing scorn to the unfaithful.

2007-02-28 04:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 1 0

Tu Lo Sai

2016-11-02 08:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Ok... my LONG AGO language of study is French, not Italian...
but I had friends who studied... I think you're right about Pur di cesti meaning solo. It's something about being purely individual... but Tu also means "You" in French. I remember it was the same.
Lo is Italian for "the" (French is La and Le)... and 'sai' in Italian is the same as 'sais' in French. It means "know"... so Tu lo sai means that you know something. ...I hope I helped you SOMEHOW! Peace! --De

2007-02-27 16:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by Depoetic 6 · 0 4

these are both opening lines to two old Italian arias from the 17th cent.
Pur di cesti- only to stop you ( cessare- to cease, to stop)
tu lo sai- well you know it (sapere -to know)
Standard Old Italian aria book, please.

2007-02-27 17:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by lynndramsop 6 · 1 1

These are titles to popular Italian arias. They are not terms, but titles to songs.

2007-02-27 20:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by Aphrodite 3 · 1 0

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