Respighi: Gli Uccelli (The Birds)

Edition Zeza
$150.00 - $375.00
SKU EZ-2059
Weight 0.60 LBS
Stock
Difficulty Intermediate
Instrumentation 2 Fl(1dPicc), Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn., 2 Hn., 2 Tpt., Cel., Harp, Strings
Duration 20 minutes
Set of Parts Includes Strings count 5.5.4.3.2
ISMN 979-0-706065-18-2
Score type Required

Dating from 1927, the work is based on music from 18th-century and represents an attempt to transcribe birdsong into musical notation.

The work is in five movements:
    "Prelude" (based on music of Bernardo Pasquini)
    "La colomba" ("The dove"; based on music of Jacques de Gallot)
    "La gallina" ("The hen"; based on music of Jean-Philippe Rameau)
    "L’usignuolo" ("The nightingale"; based on the folksong 'Engels Nachtegaeltje' transcribed by Jacob van Eyck)
    "Il cucù" ("The cuckoo"; based on music of Pasquini)

Difficulty:
Intermediate
Instrumentation:
2 Fl(1dPicc), Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn., 2 Hn., 2 Tpt., Cel., Harp, Strings
Duration:
20 minutes
Set of Parts:
Includes Strings count 5.5.4.3.2
ISMN:
979-0-706065-18-2