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2 GIAN CARLO MENOTTI ABOUT THE COMPOSER Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer and librettist, was born in Cadegliano- Viconago, Italy, on July 7, 1911, and died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on February 1, 2007. He studied at the Milan Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he subsequently taught. At Curtis, Menotti studied composition with Rosario Scalero and began a long career of writing operas, first in Italian and later in English. He also wrote his own libretti, two for American composer Samuel Barber (1910–1981), his lifelong companion. Several of Menotti’s operas were written for radio or for television. In addition, Menotti wrote ballets, choral works, cantatas, a Mass, a violin concerto, a piano concerto, a triple concerto, a song cycle, a suite for two cellos, three solo piano works, and several other unpublished works. ABOUT THE MUSIC Menotti published three works for solo piano: Poemetti per Maria Rosa: 12 Pieces for Children (1937), piano selections based on the popular television opera Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), and Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from “The Old Maid and the Thief ” (1953). Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief Following the success of Menotti’s opera Amelia al ballo (Amelia Goes to the Ball), NBC commissioned Menotti for a radio opera. The result was Menotti’s first opera in English, The Old Maid and the Thief. The successful one-act opera premiered on April 22, 1939, with Alberto Erede conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and was later adapted for the stage. The opera is composed in opera buffa (comic opera) style with 14 discrete scenes rather than a through- composed form, a format well-suited for radio. The plot concerns Bob, a handsome beggar, who wanders one day to the doorstep of town spinster Miss Todd. Laetitia, the young maid of the house, convinces Miss Todd to talk to him. Taken by his good looks, they convince him to stay the night for rest and a meal. He captivates them with his wit and storytelling, leading them the next morning to persuade him to stay for another week. Confusion later ensues when Bob is mistaken for an escaped thief and suspicions are raised in the town. Frightened by the news but helpless to Bob’s charm and desperate to win his affec- tions, Miss Todd steals money from her neighbors and alcohol from a local liquor store to give to Bob. After a confrontation with him, Bob reveals that he is not the thief everyone suspects him to be. As an argu- ment unfolds between them, Miss Todd threatens to turn him over to the authorities even though he has done nothing wrong. When she goes to get the police, Laetitia convinces Bob to run away with her. They flee, but only after snatching up Miss Todd’s valu- ables—including her car—leaving her with nothing. In a 1993 dissertation, Sylvia Watkins Ryan explains how Menotti derived a solo piano piece from this opera: Twelve years after the successful radio premiere in 1939 of The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti selected a bold three-measure motto theme from the opera’s third scene as the germ for his most advanced piano composition. Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from “The Old Maid and the Thief” was composed in 1951 and premiered on November 1 of that same year in Town Hall by Ania Dorfmann, to whom it was dedicated. 1 Foreword CONTENTS Foreword ............................... 2 About the Composer.................... 2 About the Music ....................... 2 Form ................................ 3 Editorial Considerations ................. 3 Sources Consulted ..................... 3 RICERCARE AND TOCCATA On a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief Ricercare ............................ 4 Toccata.............................. 8 1 Sylvia Watkins Ryan, “The Solo Piano Music of Gian-Carlo Menotti: A Pedagogical and Performance Analysis” (DMA diss., University of Oklahoma, 1993), 103–104.

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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer and librettist, was born in Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy, on July

7, 1911, and died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on February 1, 2007. He studied at the Milan Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he subsequently taught. At Curtis, Menotti studied composition with Rosario Scalero and began a long career of writing operas, first in Italian and later in English. He also wrote his own libretti, two for American composer Samuel Barber (1910–1981), his lifelong companion. Several of Menotti’s operas were written for radio or for television. In addition, Menotti wrote ballets, choral works, cantatas, a Mass, a violin concerto, a piano concerto, a triple concerto, a song cycle, a suite for two cellos, three solo piano works, and several other unpublished works.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Menotti published three works for solo piano: Poemetti per Maria Rosa: 12 Pieces for Children (1937), piano selections based on the popular television opera Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), and Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from “The Old Maid and the Thief ” (1953).

Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief

Following the success of Menotti’s opera Amelia al ballo (Amelia Goes to the Ball), NBC commissioned Menotti for a radio opera. The result was Menotti’s first opera in English, The Old Maid and the Thief. The successful one-act opera premiered on April 22, 1939, with Alberto Erede conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and was later adapted for the stage.

The opera is composed in opera buffa (comic opera) style with 14 discrete scenes rather than a through-composed form, a format well-suited for radio. The plot concerns Bob, a handsome beggar, who wanders one day to the doorstep of town spinster Miss Todd. Laetitia, the young maid of the house, convinces Miss Todd to talk to him. Taken by his good looks, they convince him to stay the night for rest and a meal. He captivates them with his wit and storytelling, leading them the next morning to persuade him to stay for another week. Confusion later ensues when Bob is mistaken for an escaped thief and suspicions are raised in the town. Frightened by the news but helpless to Bob’s charm and desperate to win his affec-tions, Miss Todd steals money from her neighbors and alcohol from a local liquor store to give to Bob. After a confrontation with him, Bob reveals that he is not the thief everyone suspects him to be. As an argu-ment unfolds between them, Miss Todd threatens to turn him over to the authorities even though he has done nothing wrong. When she goes to get the police, Laetitia convinces Bob to run away with her. They flee, but only after snatching up Miss Todd’s valu-ables—including her car—leaving her with nothing.

In a 1993 dissertation, Sylvia Watkins Ryan explains how Menotti derived a solo piano piece from this opera:

Twelve years after the successful radio premiere in 1939 of The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti selected a bold three-measure motto theme from the opera’s third scene as the germ for his most advanced piano composition. Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from “The Old Maid and the Thief” was composed in 1951 and premiered on November 1 of that same year in Town Hall by Ania Dorfmann, to whom it was dedicated.1

Foreword

CONTENTS

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

About the Composer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

About the Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Editorial Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Sources Consulted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

RICERCARE AND TOCCATA On a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief

Ricercare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Toccata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1 Sylvia Watkins Ryan, “The Solo Piano Music of Gian-Carlo Menotti: A Pedagogical and Performance Analysis” (DMA diss., University of Oklahoma, 1993), 103–104.

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A N A L F R E D M A S T E R W O R K E D I T I O N

E D I T E D B Y S Y LV I A WAT K I N S RYA N

MENOTTI

POEMETTI

12 Pieces for Children

FOR THE PIANO

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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007) was born in Cadegliano, Italy. He is best remembered as an opera composer and founder of three international performing arts festivals. Menotti knew by the age of six that he wanted to be a composer, and he finished his first opera by age 11. After studying at the Milan Conservatory, he came to America in 1928 to attend the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. His studies in composition with Rosario Scalero (1870–1954) and piano with Vera Resnikoff (1899–1979) provided a lasting foundation for his future career. At Curtis, Menotti began a long friendship and collaboration with fellow composer Samuel Barber (1910–1981).

Menotti achieved early success in 1937 with the New York City premiere of his comic opera Amelia Goes to the Ball. His opera The Old Maid and the Thief was commissioned by NBC and first performed on the radio in 1939. In 1953, Menotti used a theme from this work as the basis for his most advanced solo piano piece: “Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from ‘The Old Maid and the Thief.’”

Menotti’s opera The Medium and its companion piece The Telephone had a successful run on Broadway in 1947–48, as did The Consul in 1950. The composer’s most popular work, Amahl and the Night Visitors, was commissioned by NBC and televised on Christmas Eve, 1951. Since then, annual performances have kept this work alive. Menotti’s arrangement of eight inter-mediate-level piano pieces drawn from the opera was published in 1951.

Menotti wrote 24 mature operas, numerous concert works, a piano 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 1991, Menotti was chosen as Musician of the Year by Musical America.

Menotti has left behind a lasting legacy of lyrical and accessible music. In a Los Angeles Times article he expressed his musical philosophy: “Great art must have what I call an inevitability…I am a neo-Platonist, I suppose. I believe there is a Platonic ideal of beauty, and artists are given a fleeting vision of that beauty. The rest is a process of remembering.”1

CONTENTS

About the Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

About the Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Notes on the Individual Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Editorial Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Sources Consulted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

POEMETTI

Giga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Lullaby (Ninna-Nanna) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Bells at Dawn (Alba Festivo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Spinner (La Filatrice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Bagpipers (I Zampognari) . . . . . . . . . . 12

The Brook (II Ruscello) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Shepherd (II Pastore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Nocturne (Notturno) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Stranger’s Dance (Danza dello Straniero). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Winter Wind (Vento Invernale) . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Manger (II Presepio). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

War Song (Canzone Guerresca) . . . . . . . . . . 26

1 Tim Page, “MUSIC & DANCE: Menotti at Twilight: The Pulitzer-winning composer and founder of Spoleto Festival U.S.A. looks back on his six-decade career and ponders the future,” Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1991.

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Jœœ œ

Jœœ œ

..œœ .œjœœJœ œ5 œ

Jœ2

œ œJœ1

œ œ ..œœ.œ ‰

œ œJœ2

œ œJœ1

œ œ

&

?

13

‰ œ3

œ Jœ1

œ œJœ

œ œ..œœ.œ

Fcresc.

Jœ1

œ2

œ

Jœ5

œ5 œJœ1

œ œJœ

œ œ

œ3 œ Jœ1

œœ

Jœœ4 œ

...œœœ1

124 jœœœ

.œJœ

f cresc.

&

?

16

Jœœ

œJœ

œ3 œ Jœœ

œJœ

œ4 œJœ

œœ

Jœœœ-

œœ-

œœ .œ>

-135

jœœ

- jœœ.œ œœ

-14 œœ

-

>3

ƒ cantando

Adagio

œœ-

1

jœœ- jœœ

U

u

‰ ‰ Ó ..œ

> Jœ>

Bells at Dawn(Alba Festiva)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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43

œ4 œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œ1

œ œ œ

p molto espressivo

Andante (q = 100)

œ4 œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œ1

œ3

œ œ

œ4 œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œ1

œ œ œ

&

&

44

44

43

43

4

œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œ1

œ3

œ œ

œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œ œ# œ4

œ œ2–1

œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ

œn œ œ œ œ3

&

&

43

43

44

44

7

œœ#23

œ œœ13

œ œœ13 œ

œ1

œ œ3

œ1

œ œ

œœ13 œ œœ œ œœ œ

œ# ˙?

œœb 13 œ œœ œ œœ œ

œ

1

œ œ œp cresc.

&

?

44

44

43

43

10

œœbb 13 œb œœ œ œœn 1

3 œn œœ œ

œb œ œ œ œ

1

œœb 13 œb œœ œ œœnn 1

3 œn œœ œ

œb

2

œb œ œb œ œ

3

œœbb 13 œb œœ œ œœn 1

3 œn œœ œ

œ

5

œb

3

˙#

2

&

The Spinner(La Filatrice)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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42

42

œ1 œ3 ‰ Jœ2

˙

15

œ œF

Allegretto (h = 76)œ œ ‰ Jœ

4

œ̇ œ

œ œ Œ

œ̇ œ

œ̇ œ

œ1 œ ‰ Jœ2

œ̇ œ

&

?

#

#

6

œ œ ‰ Jœ4

œ̇ œ

œ œ Œ

œ̇ œ

œ̇ œ

œ3 œ œ œ

˙

25

œ œ

œ œ ≈ œ œ œ

˙œ œ

&

?

#

#

11

˙

œ̇ œ

˙

œ̇ œ

œ œ œ œ3

œ̇ œ

œ1 œ3 œ2 œ3 œ

œ̇ œ

œ œ œ œ1

œ̇ œ

œ2

Œ

œ̇ œ

&

?

#

#

17

œ1 œ ‰ Jœ2

œ̇ œp

œ œ ‰ Jœ4

œ̇ œ

œ œ Œ

œ̇ œ

œ̇ œ

œ1 œ ‰ Jœ

2

œ̇ œ

œ œ ‰ Jœ

œ̇ œ

The Bagpipers(I Zampognari)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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#

812

812

Œ Jœ5

œœ.13

œœ.

14

œ œœ.

13

œœ.

15

œ4

œœ.

13

œœ.

24

œœ.Œ . œ.

1

œ. ‰ œ. œ. œ œ. œ. œ.p

Allegro con grazia (q. = 88)

jœœ.( )

2 ‰ jœ2

œœ.

13

œœ.

12

œœ.œœ œ œ

2

œœ. œœ.

12

œœ.

Jœ.

‰ ‰ .œ2

.œ .œ

&

?

#

#

3

jœœ.‰ Jœ

.5 œœ. œœ. œœ.13

œœ.35

œœ. œœ. œœ.12 œœ. œœ.

jœ.‰ ‰ œ.

5

œ. œ. œ. œ.

1

œ.

2

.œp

œœ œœ12

œ.5

œœ. œœ. œœ.

13

œœ.

35

œœ. œœ. œœ.

12

œœ. œœ..œ

œ.5

œ. œ. œ. œ.1

œ.2

.œf

&

?

#

#

5

jœœ.‰ jœ

2

œœ. œœ.

12

œœ.œœ œ œ

2

œœ. œœ.

12

œœ.

jœ.‰ ‰ .œ .œ .œ

p

jœœ.‰ jœ

2

œœ.

13

œœ.

12

œœ.œœ œ œ

2

œœ. œœ.

12

œœ.

jœ.‰ ‰ .œ .œ .œ

F

&

?

#

#

7 jœœ.‰ Jœ

5

œœ.œœ.

14

œ œœ.œœ.

15

œ œœ. œœ.

24

œœ.jœ. ‰ ‰ œ.

1

œ. ‰ œ. œ. œ œ. œ. œ.p

jœœ.( )

‰ Jœ.5 œœ. œœ. œœ. œœ.

35

œœ. œœ. œœ.œœ. œœ.

Jœ.

‰ ‰ œ.5

œ. œ. œ. œ.

1

œ.

2

.œf

&

?

#

#

9

œœ œœ. œ.5

œœ. œœ. œœ. œœ.

35

œœ. œœ. œœ.œœ. œœ.

.œœ.5

œ. œ. œ. œ.1

œ.2

.œp

jœœ.‰

jœ.‰

1

5

œ.

5

1

œ.

2

4

œ.

jœ. ‰ ‰ Œ .

Jœ œ.

œ.

œ. Jœ.

f

The Brook(Il Ruscello)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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##

44

44

˙4 œ œ œ œ

Ó˙

Œ .˙5

p

Andante mosso (q = 100)

œ œ œ œ1

œ2

œ œ4

œ

2

œ

1

œ œw

œ œ œ œ .œ Jœ

œ œ ˙w

œ œ1

œ4

œ œ œ œœ

1

œ2

œ œ15

˙ œ œ

&

?

##

##

5

œ œ œ œ ˙

œ œ ˙œ œ ˙

˙4 œ œ œ œ

Ó˙

Œ .˙5

œ œ œ œ1

œ2

œ œœ œ

1

œ œw

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ

1

œ

24

œ˙ œ œ

&

?

##

##

9

œ œ .˙œœ13

..˙̇#&

˙4 œ œn œ1 œ5

Ó Œ œŒ œ

5

˙

fJœ œ Jœ Jœ œ Jœ

œœ# œ œœ œ

w

˙̇13

˙̇25

The Shepherd(Il Pastore)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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86

86

.œ4

œ œ œjœ

œ25

jœ œjœ

.˙p

Larghetto (q. = 54)

.œ œ œ œ1 jœ

4

œ jœ œjœ

..œœ12

œœ14

œœ25

œœ25

jœœ14

..œœ œœ œœ œœjœœ

&

?

##

##

5

.œ3

œ œ œ25

jœ4

œ25

jœ œ jœ.˙

œ jœ .œ œ œœ jœ .œ œ œ

..œœ12

œœ14

œœœœ12

jœœ24

π.˙

..œœ25

œœ14

œœ12

..œœ

&

?

##

##

9

.œ3 œ œ1

œ2 jœ

4

œ

25

jœ œjœ

..œœ12

œœ œœ œœ25

Jœœ

.œ œ#3

œ1 œ Jœ

.œ .œ œ# œ15

.

.œœœ jœ

125

œ jœ .œ œ œ

œœ#255

Jœœ14

œœ Jœœ

.˙15

jœ5

.

..˙̇˙n

&

?

##

##

14

.œ#12

œ œ œ1 jœ

3

.œ .œ

..œœ#13

.

.œœ

F

4–5

.œ# .œ.œ .œ

.œ#25

œ

1

œ œ jœ.˙

.œ12 œ œ# œ

1 jœ3

.œ# .œ

..œœ14

.

.œœ

f

4–5

.œ .œ.œ# .œ

.œ25

œ œ# œ jœ.˙

Nocturne(Notturno)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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c

œœœ.135

œœœ## .124

œœœ- œœœ

.135

œœœn . œœœ-135

œ.

2

œ. œ- œ. œ. œ-f

Allegro ma non troppo (q = 120)

œœœ.135

œœœ## .124

œœœ- œœœ

. œœœn . œœœ-œ. œ. œ- œ. œ.

5

œ-

1

œœœ.124

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ.œœœ-

œœœ-

125

œ.4

œ. œ. œ. œ- œ-

&

?

4

œœœ.

124

œœœ.œœœ-

œœœ.124

œœœ.œœœ-

œ.4

œ. œ- œ.4

œ. œ-

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ.124

œœœ.œœœ-

œ.5

œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ-

œœœ.124

œœœ.œœœ- œœœ.

135

œœœ.œœœ-

œ.

2

œ. œ- œ. œ. œ-

&

?

7

œœœ.

124

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ.œœœ#-

124

œœœ-

œ.3

œ. œ.2

œ. œ- œ-4

œœœ# .

125

œœœ.œœœ-

124

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ-

œ. œ.œ- œ.

4

œ.œ-1

p

œœœ.135

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ.œœœ# .

125

œœœ.œœœ-

œ.4

œ. œ. œ. œ. œ.œ-

&

?

10

œœœ# .

125

œœœ.œœœ

124

œ œœœ.

124

œœœ.œœœ-

œ.5

œ.œ-1

œ.3

œ. œ-

œœœ.œœœ.

œœœn

124

œœœ œ

2

œ œ œœœ.œœœ.

œœœ-

œ. œ. œn - œ# .2

œ. œ1

œ œ4

œ œcresc.

The Stranger’s Dance(Danza dello Straniero)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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89

.œ4 .œ5 .œ5œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ

œ

1

œ œ œ

1

œ œœ

1

œ œp

marcato il cantoAndante mosso (q. = 76)

.˙4 .œ4œ œ œ œ œ œœ

1

œ œ œ5 œ œ .Jœ3

œ

11

œ œRH

&

?

3

.œ5 .œ5 .œ4œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ

œ

1

œ œœ

1

œ œ œ

1

œ œ

.˙5 Œ .œ œ œ#œ

1

œ œ# œ5

œ œ# .Jœ3

Π.RH

&

?

5

.œ4 .œ5 .œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ

1

œ œœ

1

œ œ œ œ œ LH

.œ4 .˙3 2œ œ# œ# œ1

œ# œ#œ œ œ

œ#

1

œ# œ œ# 3

œ# œ.Jœ

LHRH

&

?

7

.œ# 3 .œ .œœ# œ# œ œ#1

œ# œœ œ œ œ

1œ œ

œ œ œ œ1

œ œ.œ4 .˙4œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ4 œ œ.Jœ

RH

&

?

9

.œ# 4 .œ5 .œ4œ# œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ

œ#

1

œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ

cresc.

.œ# 5

.œ5 .œœ# œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œœ# œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ

Winter Wind(Vento Invernale)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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44

..œœ35

Jœœ ..œœ

24 jœœ

12

..œœ35

jœœ ..œœ jœœ

p

Larghetto (q = 66)

œœ13

œœ œœ ..œœ Jœœ

œœ12

œœ13

œœ ..œœ jœœ

..œœJœœ ..œœ

24 jœœ

..œœjœœ ..œœ jœœ

&

&

###

###

4

œœ13

œœ œœ œœ

12

˙̇

œœ œœ œœ ˙̇

œœ35

œœ œœ œœ œœ

œœ35

œœ œœ œœ œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ12 œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœn12

œœ#13

&

&

###

###

7

œœn 35

œœ œœ œœn œœ œœ

œœn35

œœ œœ œœn œœ œœ

œœ œœn œœ12 ˙̇

œœ œœn œœn12

˙̇#

..œœ35

Jœœ ..œœ

24 jœœ

..œœ35

jœœ ..œœ jœœ

The Manger(Il Presepio)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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42

43

43

œb 3

œ œ œ.

œœ

œœb

bf pesante

Allegro energico (q = 138)

œ.2

œ.1

œb .2

œœ

œœ

œ14

œb œ.

˙œœb

b œœ

œb15

œ œ...

œb œœœ

œœb

b

œ4

œ œ œ.

œœb

b œœ

œ. œn . œ.

œœ

Œ

&

?

43

43

42

42

7

œn 3

œ œ œ.4 œ. œ.

œœ

˙˙n

n

œ3 œ œ œ.4 œ. œ.

œœ

˙˙

œœ25

œœ14 œœ

.

˙˙

œœ25

œœœœ.

˙˙

œ.5 œ. œ. œ.

œœ.

œœ.

œœ.

œœ.

˙

˙˙

&

?

43

43

13

œb 3

œ œ œ.

œœ

œœb

b

œ.2

œ.1

œb .2

œœ

œœ

œ14

œb œ.

˙œœb

b œœ

œb15

œ œ...

œb œœœ

œœb

b

œ4

œ œ œ.

œœb

b œœ

œ. œn . œ.

œœ

Œ

&

?

43

43

42

42

19

œn 3

œ œ œ.4 œ. œ.

œœ

˙˙n

n

œ3 œ œ œ.4 œ. œ.

œœ

˙˙

œœ25

œœœœ.

˙˙

œœ25

œœœœ.

˙˙

œ# .5 œ. œ. œ.

œœ#

#.

œœ.

œœ.

œœ.

˙?

˙˙

War Song(Canzone Guerresca)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

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