The piece is a madgrigal for the soprano voice from Caccini's, "Le Nuove Musiche." The title means, "Love, I depart." The singer tells of trying to forget a past lover, the difficulty of allowing the past to remain buried, and of the old lover's indifference. The most painful thing about forgetting the past, the poem says, is that those whom we try to forget have already forgotten us, and our trials are only for us to work through. It is very easy for everyone to relate to the sense of pain the music reveals, and of a desire to live free of bitterness, though that can be the most difficult part of all.
Caccini was born is Rome in 1551 and died in Florence in 1618. His compositions were very influential in the early part of his life, and "Le Nuove Musiche," is considered a great masterpiece of the time.
Caccini's most popular work, the "Ave Maria," was actually composed by a Russian lute player named Vladimir Vavilov, who was prone to attaching the names of famous composers to his own works. From that time on, this piece was erroneously associated with Caccini.
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