Poemetti

12 Pieces for Children

By Gian Carlo Menotti

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Instrument:

Piano Solo

Format:

Collection / Songbook

Level:

Advanced

Series:

Alfred Masterwork Editions

Publisher:

Alfred Music

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Piano - Advanced
12 Pieces for Children. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Edited by Sylvia Watkins Ryan. Masterworks; Piano Collection. Alfred Masterwork Edition. 20th Century; Children; Masterwork; Recital. Book. 28 pages. Alfred Music #00-44327. Published by Alfred Music (AP.44327).

Item Number: AP.44327

ISBN 9781470622848. English.

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911--2007) is best remembered as an opera composer and founder of three international performing arts festivals. Menotti has left behind a lasting legacy of lyrical and accessible music. Poemetti: 12 Pieces for Children was first published in 1937. These descriptive pieces demonstrate Menotti's celebrated lyric gift as well as the careful craft that characterizes his work. Taken as a whole, the set can be seen as Menotti's version of an Album for the Young, recalling images of his colorful childhood in Italy. These brief compositions are varied in meter, tempo, character, texture, and technical demands and are suitable for developing the musical imagination and keyboard facility of pianists at the intermediate level. The collection is pianistic in style, with each piece serving as a miniature technical etude. The titles are evocative and aid the performer in conceptualizing a convincing interpretation. Titles: Giga * Lullaby * Bells at Dawn * The Spinner * The Bagpipers * The Brook * The Shepherd * Nocturne * The Stranger's Dance * Winter Wind * The Manger * War Song.