Carlo Menotti
Moans, Groans, Cries And Sighs
(A Composer At Work)
Carlo Menotti
Moans, Groans, Cries And Sighs
(A Composer At Work)
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir
- Composer Carlo Menotti
- Series Choral Large Works
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher G. Schirmer
- Order no. GS81470
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Description:
Commissioned by the BBC Singers for mixed voices, a cappella. It is a mocking, self-deprecatory portrait written in 1981. In this piece, a distraught composer moans as he sits in front of a blank page with an empty head. A fly buzzes around, and he calls out to his neighbors and his dog for comfort. Gian-Carlo Menotti's piece effectively conveyed the feeling you get when doing something extremely difficult, like writing a law school application essay, or trying to compose the perfect piece of music.