Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Melancolía

Movement no. VII (Melancolía) from Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Platero y yo (opus 90), a set of pieces written in 1960 for narrator and guitar. The lyrics to be read by the narrator are from Juan Ramón Jiménez's poem of the same name. The Spanish poet Jiménez (1881-1958) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. This poem of his was written in 1914 as a reflection on his hometown in Andalusia.

Tedesco's composition style is programmatic, and this movement depicts the narrator's visit to the grave of Platero, his beloved donkey. The narrator asks Platero if he still remembers him down here on earth. As a sign from heaven, a white butterfly flutters by. This is the "fluttery" passage that you can hear at the end.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tedesco
• melancolia
• platero
• yo
• guitar

[andreatube1962]

semplicemente incantevole: la musica e lui che suona!!!

[juancho661]

Hermosa Piesa!!!

[flowergirlinWard17]

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[MUSTAFFAQUEEN]

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[Klaudiusz1983]

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[Ritschi2]

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