Non ti scordar di me

Instrumentation:

Soprano, Ensemble. (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, string bass, harp)

'Non ti scordar di me', is one of De Curtis' later songs, written in 1935 for a movie of the same title, featuring the tenor, Beniamino Gigli, who helped make many Italian songs famous. Unlike a majority of De Curtis' songs, the text is not in the Neapolitan dialect, but in standard Italian. Also unlike many of his songs, the performer sings that his home is 'cold and sunless', in contrast to, for example his most famous song 'Torna a Surriento'.