What is the relationship between Dorè and Respighi
Please you arrange in a circle - said by the enterprising little girl whom takes on the role of Madame Dorè «Up up, be quiet, the Knight of the King is coming soon and I have to marry you off to the son of the King of Spain, only the most beautiful will be chosen. Don’t worry, I will find husbands for all of you!» An enterprising child will take on the role of the knight who will bring Dorè’s daughter(s) in marriage.
The nursery rhyme
Oh, how many beautiful daughters, Madame Doré, oh, how many beautiful daughters.
They are beautiful and I keep them, Squire of the King, they are beautiful and I keep them.
The king asks for one, Madame Doré, the king asks for one.
What do you want to do with her, Squire of the King, what do you want to do with her?
He wants to marry her, Madame Doré, he wants to marry her.
To whom would you marry her, Squire of the King, to whom would you marry her?
To the Prince of Spain, Madame Doré, to the Prince of Spain.
And how would you dress her, Squire of the King, and how would you dress her?
With roses and violets, Madame Doré, with roses and violets.
Take the most beautiful, Squire of the King, take the most beautiful.
I have already chosen the most beautiful, Madame Doré, I have already chosen the most beautiful.
So I bid you farewell, Squire of the King, so I bid you farewell.
Consideration on the nursery rhyme
The little girls will make smiling faces to be chosen by the knight, he will choose the most beautiful one and not the King! And will the least enterprising little girl have psychological consequences for not being chosen first and being considered ugly? And if has the King different plans for Madame Dorè’s daughters and the knight lies shamelessly?
Who is Ottorino and what is his relationship with Madama Dorè?
Who heard Ottorino? And who is Ottorino in the story of Dorè?
The children play in the pine forest of Villa Borghese: they dance in circles, pretend military marches and battles, get drunk on shrieks like swallows in the evening, and swarm away.
Score note written by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) in Pines of Rome, P141 - the pines of Villa Borghese. Listen to NBC Symphony - Toscanini .