Fingo per mio diletto (Dites, que faut-il faire?) (How shall an artless maiden?)
| Song Title | Fingo per mio diletto (Dites, que faut-il faire?) (Search) |
| Title in English | How shall an artless maiden? (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pauline Viardot (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Charming; Charms; Clever; Constant; Courtship; Delighting; Desire; Eyes; Fire; Flattery; Flirting; Glances; Guarding; Hearts; Imagining; Joking; Keeping Silent; Love; Loving; Lowering; Mystery; Obtaining; Pleasing; Questioning; Questions; Risking; Saying; Seducing; Sighs; Smiles; Sweet; Ways; Wishing |
| First Line | Fingo per mio diletto (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1886 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=562862 |
| Larger Work | Airs italiens du XVIII siècle (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified verse-chorus (Search) |
| Original Language | Italian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/580238 |
| Catalog Designation | VWV: 4007 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Mezzo-soprano or Baritone |
| Range: | E4 - G#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Notes | Also set to an English text by Frank La Forge and a French text by Louis Pomey (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |