Nel cor più non mi sento

La Molinara ossia l'amor contrastato
Dramma giocoso per musica in due atti by Giovanni Paisiello
First page of the sheet music, Naples, 1789
Full title	La Molinara ossia l'amor contrastato
English	The Fair Maid of the Mill or the Thwarted Love
Libretto	Giuseppe Palomba
Dedication	A sua altezza reale Maria Amalia, Infanta di Spagna, Arciduchessa d'Austria, Duchessa di Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla ec. ec. ec.
Premiere
Date	1788

"Nel cor più non mi sento" is easily be called the most famous of Giovanni Paisiellos and Giuseppe Palombas creations. It inspired Ludwig van Beethoven to his Six variations in G for piano, (WoO 70) in 1795. In 1821, Paganini picked up the "Nel cor" for his Introduction and variations in G major for violin, (Op. 38, MS 44), which is known to us thanks to concertmaster Carl Guhr who wrote down what he remembered from Paganini's concerts in Frankfurt by ear.

Its inclusion in the 24 Italian Songs and Arias by Schirmer (Ed.) and Alessandro Parisotti's Arie Antiche (1885) made it well known by vocal coaches and aspiring singers.

Nel cor più non mi sento originally appears in Act II of the opera La molinara (engl: The Beautiful Miller), also called L'amor contrastato (The Thwarted Love).

The aria is sung by the eponymous beautiful miller, the mischievous Rachelina, who enjoys the attention of two men – the nobleman Calloandro and the notary Pistofolo. While in aria collections, the piece is limited to Rachelina's part, in the opera, the song is picked up by the two men so attracted to her.

"Nel cor più non mi sento" appears on the following album:

Year	Album	With
2021	À sa guitare (Album)	Thibaut Garcia

Libretto

Nel cor più non mi sento

(In my heart, I no longer feel)

from  L'amor contrastato
Giovanni Paisiello (music),  Giuseppe Palomba (words)

(Rachelina)

‎

Rachelina Nel cor più non mi sento Brillar la gioventù: Cagion del mio tormento, Amor ci hai colpa tu. Mi stuzzichi, mi mastichi, Mi pungichi, mi pizzichi: Che cosa è questa, oimè! Pietà, pietà, pietà Amore è un certo che, Che delirar mi fa. Calloandro Ti sento, sì, ti sento, Bel fior di Gioventù: Cagion del mio tormento, Anima mia sei tu. Mi stuzzichi, mi mastichi, Mi pungichi, mi pizzichi; Che cosa è questa oimè! Pietà, pietà, pietà! Quel viso ha un certo che, Che delirar mi fa. [...] Pistofolo Bandiera d'ogni vento Conosco, che sei tu: Da uno sino a cento* Burli la gioventù. Tu stuzzichi, tu pizzichi, Tu pungichi, tu mastichi, Che ognuno strilla - oimè! Pietà, pietà, pietà! La donna ha un certo che, Che attossicar mi fa. Text from the Libretto from the Treatro alla Scala, 1810 *) Scala: Da uno sino a cento London: Da un insino a cento

Rachelina In my heart, I no longer feel The innocent sparkle of youth: The cause of my torment, Love, you are to blame. You tease me, you bite me, You prick me, you pinch me: What is this, alas! Have pity, have pity on me! Love is a certain soemthing, That makes me delirious. Calloandro I hear you, yes, I hear you, Beautiful flower of youth: The cause of my torment, My soul, are you. You tease me, you bite me, You prick me, you pinch me; What is this, alas! Have pity, have pity on me! That face has a certain something, That makes me delirious. [...] Pistofolo A vane for every weather, I know well, are you: From one to a hundred* You mock the youth. You tease, you pinch, You sting, you bite, Until everyone cries - alas! Have pity, have pity on me! The woman has a certain something, That makes me intoxicated.

Ancient German

Rachelina Der Jugend ganzes Feuer Verlöscht im Busen mir. O Amor, böser Amor! Dies Unglück dank' ich dir. Wie's da so heftig drücket! Wie's da so grimmig zwicket! O weh! was muß das seyn?* Erbarmt, erbarmt euch mein! Die Liebe, ach! die Liebe Die macht mir solche Pein. Calloandro Der Jugend ganzes Feuer Glüht in dem Auge dir. Ach! alle meine Quaalen* Verdank' ich, Mädchen, dir. Wie's da so heftig drücket! Wie's dort so grimmig zwicket! O weh! was muß das seyn? Erbarmt, erbarmt euch mein! Dies Antlitz, ah! dies Antlitz Das macht mir solche Pein. [...] Notar Opistofolo Unstätes Wetterfähnchen,* Berüchtigt bist du mir. Nur zum Gespötte dienet Die junge Mannschaft dir. Wie's da so heftig drücket! Wie's dort so grimmig zwicket! Man seufzt: Was muß das seyn? Erbarmt, erbarmt euch mein! Das Weibsgeschlecht, ihr Leute, Das macht euch solche Pein. Text from the version for the "Churfürstlich-Sächsische Theater" Dresden, 1790 *) "seyn" → "sein" "Quaalen" → "Qualen" "unstät" → "unstet"

Rachelina Le feu de la jeunesse N'anime plus mon cœur; Hélas ! de ma tristesse L'amour seul est l'auteur. Il me frappe, me blesse, Il me pique, me presse. Qu'est-ce douc que l’amour ? O ! grace ! grace ! Grace ! Qui que tu sois, amour, Grace ! grace en ce jour ! Calloandro Le feu de la jeunesse Fait palpiter mon cœur. Hélas de ma tristesse Je vois en toi l'auteur. Tu me frappes, me blesses, Tu me piques, me presses. Qu'est donc que l'amour ? Oh ! Grace ! grace ! grace ! Objet de mon amour, Grace ! grace en ce jour ! [...] Notar Pistofolo Girouette traitresse Qui se tourne à tout vent, Tu trompes la jeunesse Depuis un jusqu'à cent. Tu nous frappes, nous blesses, Tu nous piques, nous presses ; Et chacun crie : amour ! O grace ! grace ! grace ! Cette fripponne, amour, Me rend fou sans retour ! Text from the Version for Paris, 1811

Manuscripts and sheet music

Incipit of "Nel cor più non mi sento", Naples 1789

• Free Score at the IMSLP

Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Desdren

Handschrift nr. Mus. 3481/F/503

Nel Teatro di Fiorentini in Napoli

1789

"L'Amor Contrastato: Dramma Giocoso In Due Atti : Music Del Sigr. Giovanni Paisiello Napolitane; Nel Teatro de Fiorentini in Napoli 1789". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

• Free Libretto #1

In this libretto, "Nel cor più non mi sento" is missing.

PAISIELLO, GIOVANNI: LA MOLINARA OSSIA L'AMOR CONTRASTATO

Paisiello, Giovanni -- (GND: 119010097)

La molinara ossia l'amor contrastato

Dramma giocoso per musical

Entstehung: Parma: Carmignani, 1791

Umfang: 4 Bl., 62 S., 1 Bl.

Standort: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- L.eleg.m. 4036

Identifikator: BSB-ID 1093793

Identifikator: BV001663179

Identifikator des digitalen Objekts

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Paisiello, Giovanni (1791). "La molinara ossia l'amor contrastato". MDZ Digitale Sammlungen. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

*Free Libretto #2

Library of Congress

ML48 / S7592

La Scala, Milan, 1810

Includes a synopsis and cast for a ballet intermission, "Jolanda"

Paisiello, Giovanni. "La molinara, ossia, L'amor contrastato : dramma giocoso per musica in due atti : da rappresentarsi nel R.o teatro alla Scala la primavera dell'anno 1810". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

• Free French libretto from 1811

La Molinara,

Dramma Giocoso in due atti

La Meunière,

Opéra bouffon en deux actes

Représenté pour la 1.re fois sure le Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 1.er Juillet 1809. Quatrième Édition.

Paisiello, Giovanni (1811). "La molinara, ossia, L'amor contrastato : dramma giocoso per musica in due atti : da rappresentarsi nel R.o teatro alla Scala la primavera dell'anno 1810". Google Books. Adrien Garnier, Libraire du Théâtre de l'Imperatrice, rue de la Harpe, N. 35, et À l'Odéon. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

• Free German libretto from 1790

Die streitig gemachte Liebschaft : ein musikalisches Lustspiel für das Churfürstlich-Sächsisches Theater.

[s.n.], Dresden, 1790, monographic.

Paisiello, Giovanni (1811). "Die streitig gemachte Liebschaft". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

• Free English libretto

La Molinara;

A Comic Opera,

in Two Acts:

As represented at

The King's Theatre

in

The Haymarket,

For the First Time

On Saturday, March 8, 1817

The Music By Paisiello

London

Printed by W. Winchester and Son, in The Strand

at: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Paisiello, Giovanni (1817). "La Molinara; A Comic Opera in Two Acts". Google Books. W. Winchester and Son. Retrieved October 8, 2021.