Non Dimenticar

"Non Dimenticar" ("Do Not Forget") is a popular song with music by P. G. Redi (Gino Redi, a.k.a. Luigi Pulci), the original Italian lyrics by Michele Galdieri, with English lyrics by Shelley Dobbins.[1] The song was written for the 1951 film Anna (directed by Alberto Lattuada), sung by actress Silvana Mangano.[2]

Title Derivation

The actual verb in Italian is "dimenticare", but Italian often contracts words, especially in lyrics and poetry.[3] Common verbs like fare (to do) and avere (to have) are often spoken and written as far and aver. In a typical example, the renowned playwright and author Pirandello wrote a short story Lumie di Sicilia ("Citrons from Sicily"). In only the twelve pages of the story, twelve infinitives appear without the final letter e: guardar, trattar, vincer, tentennar, abbandonar, spiccicar, correr, star (three times), frenar and accampar. In addition, conjugated verb forms can have their final letter dropped. In this example, parevan(o) and c'eran(o). There's a noun odor(e) and there are two adverbs as well, ancor(a) and fin(o).[4]The hard and fast rule governing the Italian word for ′′sir′′ or ′′mister′′ is ′′signore′′: when used immediately preceding a name, the final ′′e′′ is dropped.[5]

Recordings
  • The best-known recording of the song was by Nat King Cole, reaching number 45 on the Billboard magazine charts in 1958.[6]
  • Jerry Vale in 1955, his version peaking at number 75 on the pop charts. This version was included in his "Arriverderci, Roma" LP[7]
  • Dean Martin on 1962,'s, "Dino: Italian Love Songs"[8]

References
  1. "BMI publishing credits for "Non Dimenticar"". bmi.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "Anna (1951) Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  3. Italian Step by Step, Charles Berlitz, Wynwood Publishing, p.316
  4. Undici Novelle by Luigi Pirandello, translated and edited by Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications Inc.
  5. Italian Course Book, Living Languages, by Genevieve A. Martin and Mario Ciatti, page 17
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 181.
  7. https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Vale-Arrivederci-Roma/release/2921646
  8. https://genius.com/albums/Dean-martin/Dino-italian-love-songs


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