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Incipit Vita Nova
for alto voice and string trio
text from Dante's La Vita Nuova and Pico della Mirandola's Conclusiones
Product number: ED 12465
Edition: Score and parts
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Incipit Vita Nova (A new life is beginning) was written for male alto and string trio and sets those short phrases that appear in Latin rather than Italian in Dante's La Vita Nuova (New Life). It was composed in February 1989 to celebrate the birth of Vita, the first child of my friends Erica and Robert Hewison. I had decided to write the piece long before the birth but did not start until I knew whether the baby was a boy or a girl, and the baby's name (Vita). At first I looked for all uses of the word "Vita" (life) among Pico della Mirandola's Conclusiones (having already set Pico for Glorious HiIl, my first piece for the Hilliard Ensemble in 1988) and eventually added one of these sentences ("Omnis vita est immortalis") as the penultimate line of the text, while working on La Vita Nuova as the main source. The first performance was given by David James at St. Mary de Castro Church in Leicester on 1 April 1989, and shortly afterwards was performed with the first performances of Cadman Requiem in Lyon and Marseilles.
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Title:
Incipit Vita Nova
for alto voice and string trio
text from Dante's La Vita Nuova and Pico della Mirandola's Conclusiones
Language:
Latin, English
Edition:
Score and parts
Level of difficulty:
advanced
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1989
Duration:
6 ′0 ′′
Voice:
alto/contralto
World Premiere:
April 1, 1989 · Leicester (UK)
St Mary de Castro Church
David James, alto; Chameleon
St Mary de Castro Church
David James, alto; Chameleon
Technical Details
Media Type:
Sheet music
Product number:
ED 12465
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-1854-8
Weight:
0,11 kg
Pages:
20
Manufacturer:
Preview/Media Contents
Audio:
Performances
Incipit Vita Nova
February 10, 2000 |
Adelaide, SA (Australia) , Quarry Theatre — National Premiere
Incipit Vita Nova
December 21, 1998 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Westminster Cathedral
Incipit Vita Nova
October 16, 1998 |
Bruxelles (Belgium) , Musée Botanique — National Premiere
Incipit Vita Nova
Doctor Ox Study Day
June 20, 1998 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , ICA
Incipit Vita Nova
April 18, 1998 |
Torino (Italy) , Piccolo Teatro Regio — National Premiere
Incipit Vita Nova
March 6, 1997 |
Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Exeter University
Incipit Vita Nova
March 5, 1997 |
Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St Stephen's Church
Incipit Vita Nova
April 27, 1996 |
Beijing (China) , Beijing Concert Hall — National Premiere
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