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Il gattopardo

Ballabili (Dances)
Suite for small orchestra
small orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

Created in 1963, the film classic Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luchino Visconti is a social drama set at the time of the Italian Risorgimento and told in sumptuous images. For the music of this classic featuring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon, Visconti could have found no better musical partner than the Italian composer Nino Rota who, three years earlier, had written the film music of Rocco e i suoi fratelli.

Il Gattopardo was a special challenge to Rota because of the contrasts between the grand domestic scenes and the civil war sequences. But his extraordinary talent for putting every subtle difference in atmosphere into melodies laid the foundations for one of the most brilliant film scores ever written. Perfect timing is combined in a unique way with great dramatic sound interwoven with original dances by Giuseppe Verdi written just before the time in which the film is set.

For the concert hall, Rota made a large-scale dance suite which is virtually a symphony, appealling to both musicians and listeners in its formal unity, but above all in its pure tonal beauty.

Orchestral Cast

Die Tanzsuite setzt sich aus folgenden Einzelnummern zusammen, die in ihrer Abfolge und Auswahl beliebig und frei miteinander kombinierbar sind:

Valzer Verdi: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Drum Set) - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.);

Mazurka: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.);

Balletto: 1 · 1 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - Klav. - Str.;

Polka: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Drum Set) - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.);

Quadriglia: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Trgl. · Tamb.) - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.);

Galopp: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Tamb. · Drum Set) - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.);

Valzer del commiato: 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 - S. (Drum Set) - Klav. - Str. (ohne Va.)

Content

I Valzer brillante (G. Verdi)
II Mazurka
III Controdanza (= Balletto)
IV Polka
V Quadriglia
VI Galopp
VII Valzer del commiato

More Information

Title:
Il gattopardo
Ballabili (Dances)
Suite for small orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Creazioni Artistiche Musicali
Year of composition:
1962
Duration:
16 ′

Technical Details

Product number:
LCAM 1-03
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for all countries except Italy

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  • Il gattopardo
    Conductor: N.N.
    Orchestra: Students of the Conservatoire Béziers Méditerranée
    May 5, 2024 | Béziers (France) , Zinga Zinga
  • Il gattopardo
    Conductor: Piotr Pławner
    Orchestra: Orkiestra Kameralna Capella Bydgostiensis
    January 24, 2024 | Bydgoszcz (Poland) , Filharmonia Pomorska
  • Il gattopardo
    Conductor: Davide Perniceni
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven
    January 2, 2024 | Bremerhaven (Germany) , Stadtheater
  • Il gattopardo
    Conductor: Davide Perniceni
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven
    January 1, 2024 | Bremerhaven (Germany) , Stadtheater
  • Il gattopardo
    Conductor: Speranza Scappucci
    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
    December 19, 2023 | Turin (Italy) , Auditorium Rai di Torino Arturo Toscanini
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