MENOTTI POEMETTI FOR THE PIANO Pieces for Children EDITED BY SYLVIA WATKINS RYAN AN ALFRED MASTERWORK EDITION Alfred Music PO Box 000 Van Nuys, CA 0-000 alfredcom Cover art: Acrobats in the Circus () by Fernand Léger (French, ) Coyright 0 by Alfred Music All rights reserved Printed in USA ISBN-0: -0--X ISBN-: --0-- No art of this book shall be reroduced, arranged, adated, recorded, ublicly erformed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without written ermission from the ublisher In order to comly with coyright laws, lease aly for such written ermission and/or license by contacting the ublisher at alfredcom/ermissions
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI CONTENTS About the Comoser About the Music Notes on the Individual Pieces Editorial Considerations Sources Consulted POEMETTI Giga Lullaby (Ninna-Nanna) Bells at Dawn (Alba Festivo) The Sinner (La Filatrice) 0 The Bagiers (I Zamognari) The Brook (II Ruscello) The Sheherd (II Pastore) Nocturne (Notturno) The Stranger s Dance (Danza dello Straniero) 0 Winter Wind (Vento Invernale) The Manger (II Preseio) War Song (Canzone Guerresca) ABOUT THE COMPOSER ( 00) was born in Cadegliano, Italy He is best remembered as an oera comoser and founder of three international erforming arts festivals Menotti knew by the age of six that he wanted to be a comoser, and he finished his first oera by age After studying at the Milan Conservatory, he came to America in to attend the Curtis Institute in Philadelhia His studies in comosition with Rosario Scalero (0 ) and iano with Vera Resnikoff ( ) rovided a lasting foundation for his future career At Curtis, Menotti began a long friendshi and collaboration with fellow comoser Samuel Barber (0 ) Menotti achieved early success in with the New York City remiere of his comic oera Amelia Goes to the Ball His oera The Old Maid and the Thief was commissioned by NBC and first erformed on the radio in In, Menotti used a theme from this work as the basis for his most advanced solo iano iece: Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief Menotti s oera The Medium and its comanion iece The Telehone had a successful run on Broadway in, as did The Consul in 0 The comoser s most oular work, Amahl and the Night Visitors, was commissioned by NBC and televised on Christmas Eve, Since then, annual erformances have ket this work alive Menotti s arrangement of eight intermediate-level iano ieces drawn from the oera was ublished in Menotti wrote mature oeras, numerous concert works, a iano concerto, and several librettos He received two Pulitzer Prizes, a Drama Critics Circle Award, and a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime achievement in the arts In, Menotti was chosen as Musician of the Year by Musical America Tim Page, MUSIC DANCE: Menotti at Twilight: The Pulitzer-winning comoser and founder of Soleto Festival USA looks back on his six-decade career and onders the future, Los Angeles Times, May, Menotti has left behind a lasting legacy of lyrical and accessible music In a Los Angeles Times article he exressed his musical hilosohy: Great art must have what I call an inevitability I am a neo-platonist, I suose I believe there is a Platonic ideal of beauty, and artists are given a fleeting vision of that beauty The rest is a rocess of remembering
Giga Allegro (q = ) f ( 00) f (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
0 Presto (q = ) π RH u c sotto voce Bells at Dawn (Alba Festiva) t c cresc n ( 00) F cresc - - Adagio - ƒ cantando - > - > - f cresc - - U Ó > > u (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
0 The Sinner (La Filatrice) ( 00) Andante (q = 00) molto esressivo n b cresc 0 bb b n n b b b b n n b b n b b b n b n (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
The Bagiers (I Zamognari) ( 00) Allegretto (h = ) F (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
Allegro con grazia (q = ) The Brook (Il Ruscello) ( ) ( 00) f F ( ) f (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP f
The Sheherd (Il Pastore) ( 00) Andante mosso (q = 00) Ó w w Ó w f Ó n w (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
Nocturne (Notturno) Larghetto (q = ) ( 00) π n F f (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
0 The Stranger s Dance (Danza dello Straniero) Allegro ma non troo (q = 0) c f c - n - - - - n - - - ( 00) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - n cresc n - - (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
Andante mosso (q = ) marcato il canto LH Winter Wind (Vento Invernale) RH RH RH LH ( 00) RH cresc (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
The Manger (Il Preseio) ( 00) Larghetto (q = ) n n n n n n n n (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP
War Song (Canzone Guerresca) Allegro energico (q = ) b f esante b b b b b b b b b b b b ( 00) n n n n b b b b b b b b b b b b b n n n n (Renewed) by FRANCO COLOMBO, INC Coyright Assigned BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP