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Io Mi Son Giovinetta

from Feathered Dove by Culomba

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Io Mi Son Giovinetta (Italy, Claudio Monteverdi, 1603)
With subtle word painting and thrilling counterpoint, Monteverdi sets a Boccaccio poem that tells the story of a man who sees a young woman laughing and singing at the arrival of spring. His own heart starts to sing like a bird, so he tells her that he sees the spring of love in her eyes. She tells him that if he were wise, he would flee, because the spring of love in her eyes will never be for him.

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«Io mi son giovinetta,
e rido e canto alla stagion novella»,
cantava la mia dolce pastorella,
quando subitamente
a quel canto il cor mio
cantò, quasi augellin vago e ridente:
«Son giovinetto anch’io,
e rido e canto alla gentil e bella
primavera d’Amore
che ne’ begli occhi tuoi fiorisce». Ed ella:
«Fuggi, se saggio sei (disse) l’ardore,
fuggi, ch’in questi rai
primavera per te non sarà mai».

“I am a young girl, and I laugh and sing
to the new season.”
Thus sang my lovely shepherdess,
When my heart suddenly
Spread its wings like a bird,
All lightness and laughter,
It sang in this way:
“I am also a young man,
And I rejoice and sing to the more
beautiful Spring of Love
That blossoms in her eyes”, and she said:
“Fly if you are wise, the passion
In the beams of this
Spring will never be for you!”

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from Feathered Dove, released November 10, 2019

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Culomba Boston, Massachusetts

Culomba is a professional vocal quintet specializing in close harmony folk singing. Our repertoire spans American shape-note music, polyphonic songs of Georgia, Corsica, and the Balkans, renaissance polyphony, and original compositions. Our singers have toured internationally and studied with masters of these traditions, bringing their eclectic specialties to this unique ensemble. ... more

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