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ID653C884E-C828-4F54-90E5-B8A72A8E72EC
TitlecodeX660302
Title NameGiovine Vagha, I' Non Senti (original version for flute, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, piano)
Marketing Copy1996 adaptation for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, and piano also available. Based on a 14th century ballata of Francesco Landini and may be performed together with that work.
InstrumentationFlute, Trumpet, Trombone, Violin, Cello and Piano
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Program NotesGiovine vagha, i' non senti is a composition in one movement which is based upon a two-part 'ballata' of the 14th-century composer Francesco Landini. Using the form and substance of the Landini 'ballata', my instrumental sextet mixes music from Landini's work with my own in a web of interlaced sound. I recall that, as I was writing the piece, I imagined the music of Landini transformed from music for two voices into a lively and colorful instrumental dance.
The 14th-century 'ballata' form usually consisted of five musical phrases matched with four poetical ones, and my work is also structured in five sections.
The text from the Landini ballata follows.

Giovine vagha, i' non senti giammay
Amorosa virtue,
Ma tu, somma salute,
Nel cor di me, tuo servo, messa l'ay.
Quando negli chi tuo' primeramente
Si spechi arono miey.
Vividi dentro amor'e puramente
In ver di lui mi fey.
Et non pensando al poter degli dei
Mi stava pargoletto.
Poi cercandomi el petto
Lo stral dorato dentro vi trovay.

A translation of this medieval text is:

Comely maiden, I never felt love's virtue, but you,
the highest good, have placed it in my heart, your servent.
When first my eyes were mirrored in yours,
I saw Love inside and in seeing it I became pure.
And not thinking of the power of the gods I was like
a child, but then I found within my breast the golden arrow.

David Liptak
Title Brand2
Year Composed1986
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Duration10
Ensemble Size6
Date Created2018-02-18 20:33:19.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:33:19
Inhouse Notesub code 43341 - R00484
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Premier Performance Memo-Members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/ David Liptak. 13 Jan 92.
-World Premiere. Group for Contemporary Music (NYC)/ Harvey Sollberger. 31 Mar 87.
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Title Category2
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Title Instrument Category TextSextet
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Title Instrument Header21
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