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Musicology:
Donna, s'i' t'ò fallito is a polyphonic work by the fourteenth-century Italian composer Francesco Landini (c. 1325-1397). It is an example of the Italian dance-form known as the ballata, and is written in two polyphonic parts, a tenor and cantus. It is set in the Italian manner, with the same text in both parts, rather than the French, where only the cantus has a text. The text-setting combined with the more archaic two-voice polyphony, leads scholars to date this work as tentatively belonging to Landini's earlier period of composition. Donna, s'i' t'ò fallito is catalogued as No. 1.
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Donna, s'i' t'ho fallito, S.1 (ballata a2)Genre: Other Secular Polyphony
Pr. Instrument: Voice
In the thirteenth century, the ballata was closely linked with a genre known as the lauda. This association continued into the fourteenth century, as is observable by the numerous lauda-contrafacta, such as the one between Donna, s'i' t'ò fallito and the lauda Donna s'i partito.
Donna s'i' t'o fallito O d'altr'amor che'l tuo seguir consento Son di morir per le tuo man contento
Ma s'io ti porto et ò portato fede E sempre'l tuo volere Seguito più ch'el mio come tu say
Perch'a diletto ognor mi fai dolere Vegendo tuo merçede Mancar nel viso bel che tolto m'ay
Vuo' tu perch'io t'amai E tanto t'amo c'altro ben non sento Tener la vita mia in tal tormento
Donna s'i' t'o fallito O d'altr'amor che'l tuo seguir consento Son di morir per le tuo man contento
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