{"product_id":"alf-00-44327","title":"Menotti: Poemetti - 12 Pieces for Children","description":"\u003cb\u003eMenotti: Poemetti - 12 Pieces for Children (Book)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Gian Carlo Menotti \/ ed. Sylvia Watkins Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGian Carlo Menotti (1911--2007) is best remembered as an opera composer and founder of three international performing arts festivals. Menotti has left behind a lasting legacy of lyrical and accessible music. Poemetti: 12 Pieces for Children was first published in 1937. These descriptive pieces demonstrate Menotti's celebrated lyric gift as well as the careful craft that characterizes his work. Taken as a whole, the set can be seen as Menotti's version of an \"Album for the Young,\" recalling images of his colorful childhood in Italy. These brief compositions are varied in meter, tempo, character, texture, and technical demands and are suitable for developing the musical imagination and keyboard facility of pianists at the intermediate level. The collection is pianistic in style, with each piece serving as a miniature technical etude. The titles are evocative and aid the performer in conceptualizing a convincing interpretation. Titles: Giga * Lullaby * Bells at Dawn * The Spinner * The Bagpipers * The Brook * The Shepherd * Nocturne * The Stranger's Dance * Winter Wind * The Manger * War Song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem No:\u003c\/b\u003e    00-44327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e    Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e    28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e    Alfred Masterwork Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e    Children; Masterwork\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevel:\u003c\/b\u003e    Intermediate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/b\u003e    2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALFRED","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67731891486911,"sku":"ALF 44327 38081499369","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1335\/9063\/files\/00-44327.jpg?v=1792729543","url":"https:\/\/www.imaginethismusic.com\/products\/alf-00-44327","provider":"Imagine This Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}