Gli Uccelli

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Gli Uccelli (The Birds) is a suite for small orchestra by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Dating from 1927, the work is based on music from 18th-century[1] 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 an anonymous source)
  • "Il cucù" ("The cuckoo"; based on music of Pasquini)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Harry Beard, "Ottorino Respighi" (obituary) (June 1936). The Musical Times, 77 (1120): pp. 555-556.

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