Tenor Voice and Piano
SKU: HL.14019832
Composed by Gian
Francesco Malipiero.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. Chester Music
#CH03935. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14019832).
In 1918-19,
Gian Francesco
Malipiero wrote a
collection of seven
songs, commonly known as
Sette Canzoni.
They were initially
intended as a stand-alone
work, but became
incredibly popular when
they wereincluded as the
second act of the
composer's opera
L'Orfiede.
However, in recent years
the collection has come
to be recognised in its
own right as one of the
composer's
masterpieces.
Like
all of the seven
songs,the fifth,
Serenata
, is designed as an
individual mini-opera.
Scored for a solo Tenor
with Piano accompaniment,
it tells the story of a
young lover serenading
his beloved. At the same
time, unknown to him,
shesits inside lamenting
the death of a
relative.
S
erenata has been
translated from the
original Italian into
French by Henry
Prunieres, and into
English by Edwin
Evans.
