Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum
(1960)Three madrigals recomposed for instruments
Duration: 7'
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0.2.0.2-4.2.3.0-strings (senza db)
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Boosey & Hawkes
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World Premiere
9/27/1960
Venice
Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice / Igor Stravinsky
Repertoire Note
Three Gesualdo madrigals recomposed for instruments and premiered in Venice in 1960. It is a companion to the Tres Sacrae Cantiones. Monumentum was later choreographed for the New York City Ballet where Balanchine would always pair it with Movements.
Repertoire note by Jonathan Cross
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