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Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti
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Birth
Friday, 7 July 1911
Cadegliano
Italy
Groups
United States, Italy
Modern composers
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Death
Thursday, 1 February 2007
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Age: 
95

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Consul (Le) • (1950) • Operas
Goya • (1986) • Operas
Island God (The) • (1942) • Operas
Loca (La) • (1979) • Operas
Maria Golovin • (1958) • Operas
Medium (The) • (1946) • Operas
Most Important Man (The) • (1971) • Operas
Saint of Bleecker Street (The) • (1954) • Operas
Hero (The) • (1976) • Opéras comiques
Telephone (The) ou L'Amour à Trois • (1947) • Opéras comiques
Wedding (The) • (1988) • Opéras comiques
Errand into the Maze: ballet • (1947) • Ballets
Sebastian: ballet • (1944) • Ballets
Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: ballet madrigal • (1956) • Ballets
Amelia al Ballo • (1937) • Opera buffa
Dernier Sauvage (Le) • (1963) • Opera buffa
Help, Help, the Globolinks • (1968) • Chamber operas
Tamu-Tamu • (1973) • Chamber operas
Amahl and the Night Visitors • (1951) • Opéras Radio/Télévision
Labyrinthe • (1963) • Opéras Radio/Télévision
Old Maid and the Thief (The) • (1939) • Opéras Radio/Télévision
Boy who Grew too Fast (The): opera children • (1982) • Opéras pour enfants
Bride from Pluto (A): opera children • (1982) • Opéras pour enfants
Chip et son Chien: opera children • (1980) • Opéras pour enfants
Egg (The): opera children • (1976) • Opéras pour enfants
Martin's Lie: opera children • (1964) • Opéras pour enfants
Trial of the Gypsy (The): opera children • (1978) • Opéras pour enfants
Death of the Bishop of Brindisi (The): Sop.-Bass-2 choirs-orch • (1963) • Cantates profanes : soli-chœur-orchestre
Landscapes and Remembrances • (1976) • Cantates profanes : soli-chœur-orchestre
Mort d'Orphee (La) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre

Instrumental music

Petits Poemes pour Marie-Rose: piano • (1937) • Album à titre
Compositions: carillon • (1934) • Pièces
Ricercare et Toccata sur le Theme de "The old maid and the thief" • (1953) • Pièces académiques
Variations sur un Theme de Schumann: piano • (1931) • Variations

Chamber music

Pieces: string quartet • (1936) • Chamber music strings
Cantilene et Scherzo: harp-string quartet • (1977) • Chamber music strings
Suite: 2 cellos-piano • (1973) • Trios instruments identiques
Trio pour une Pendaison de Cremaillere: piano-cello-flute • (1936) • Trios instruments identiques

Symphonic music

Sebastian - suite • (1947) • Suites d'oeuvres lyriques
Symphonie 1 'L'alcyon' • (1976) • Symphony

Vocal music

My Christmas • (1987) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Canti della Lontananza: Soprano-piano • (1967) • Song cycles
Hero (The) • (1952) • Mélodies isolées
Nocturne: Soprano-harp-string quartet • (1982) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Songs • Song collections
Chansons Anglaises • (1982) • Song collections

Sacred music

Concertante music

Pastorale et Danse: piano-string orchestra • (1934) • Autres pièces concertantes pour piano
Cantilena e Scherzo: harp-orchestra • (1977) • Autres pièces concertantes pour harpe
Fantaisie: cello-orchestra • (1975) • Autres pièces concertantes pour violoncelle
Concerto: piano-orchestra • (1945) • Piano concertos
Concerto à Trois (Triple): 9 instruments-orchestra • (1970) • Concertos pour Piano et corde et vent
Concerto: violin-orchestra • (1952) • Violin concertos

Sheet music for Gian Carlo Menotti

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Menotti Arias for Soprano — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Voice, Soprano — softcover book with performance CD — Classical, Opera
10 Arias from 7 Operas. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Collection. Classical, Opera. Softcover book with performance CD. 80 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4384. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50486501).
Price: $19.00

Menotti Arias for Mezzo-Soprano — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Mezzo-Soprano — softcover book with performance CD —
8 Arias from 5 Operas. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Collection. Softcover book with performance CD. 48 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4385. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50486502).
Price: $19.00

Menotti: Poemetti and Ricercare & Toccata (Value Pack) — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano — Book — Recital
Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Masterworks; Promotional Packet. Recital. Book. Alfred Music #00-106707. Published by Alfred Music (AP.106707).
Price: $10.00

Amahl And The Night Visitors - Vocal Score — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Vocal — vocal score — 20th Century, Broadway and Christmas
Vocal Score. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Score. 20th Century, Broadway and Christmas. Vocal score. With choral notation, piano reduction and introductory text. 65 pages. G. Schirmer #ED2039. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50337790).
Price: $30.00

Suite — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Cello Duet — — Classical, Contemporary, Suite
Score and Parts. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Ensemble. Classical, Contemporary, Suite. 44 pages. G. Schirmer #ST47325. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50291680).
Price: $30.00

Trio — Gian Carlo Menotti

Clarinet, Piano, Violin — — Classical, Concert Music
Score and Parts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Ensemble. Classical, Concert Music. 32 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4125. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50483648).
Price: $25.00

The Consul - Vocal Score — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Vocal — vocal score — 20th Century and Opera
Vocal Score. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Score. 20th Century and Opera. Vocal score. With vocal score notation, piano accompaniment and staging notes. 294 pages. G. Schirmer #ED1980. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50337690).
Price: $40.00

Five Songs — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Vocal — — Classical, Collection, Contemporary, Italian
Voice and Piano. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Collection. Classical, Collection, Contemporary, Italian. 24 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3596. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50480034).
Price: $12.00

The Medium — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Vocal — — Classical, Contemporary, Italian, Opera
Vocal Score. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Score. Classical, Contemporary, Italian, Opera. 126 pages. G. Schirmer #ED1911. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50337670).
Price: $25.00

The Telephone - Vocal Score — Gian Carlo Menotti

Piano, Vocal — vocal score — 20th Century
Or L'Amour A Trois. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-). Vocal Score. 20th Century. Vocal score. With vocal melody, lyrics and piano reduction. 49 pages. G. Schirmer #ED1910. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50337660).
Price: $16.00

Music: 

Operas

  • “The Death of Pierrot” (1922)
  • “Little Mermaid”
  • “Amelia al Ballo” (1937)
  • “The Island God” (1942)
  • “The Medium” (1946)
  • “The Telephone” (1947)
  • “The Consul” (1950)
  • “The Saint of Bleeker Street”
  • “Labyrinth” (1963)
  • “The Last Savage” (1963)
  • “Martin’s Lie” (1964)
  • “Help, Help, the Globolinks” (1968)
  • “The Most Important Man” (1971)
  • “The Hero” (1976)
  • “The Egg” (1976)
  • “The Trial of the Gypsy” (1978)

In total he wrote 25 operas. Menotti also wrote his own libretti, and often also staged his own works.

Works for radio

  • “The Old Maid and the Thief” (1939)
  • “Amahl and the Night Visitors”
Biography: 

Gian Carlo Menotti is seen by many, and saw himself an American composer, but he never gave up his Italian citizenship. He studied composition with Scalero at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Menotti has written librettos of his own operas and of Barber’s Vanesa. Samuel Barber also was Menotti’s companion for life. He also founded the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto, Italy.

Links: 
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/menotti/bio.html

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