Update Title: 912971f2-9e3a-11f0-a418-0022482c9682

ID

Titlecode

Title Name

Marketing Copy

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) wrote the orchestral work BALLATA DELLE GNOMIDI (THE BALLAD OF THE GNOMIDES) in 1920, after he had already begun to gain international attention for his orchestral tone poem, FONTANE DI ROMA. Based on a poem by Claudio Clausetti, this work tells the tale of a society of grotesque gnomes and their ritual where two females select a hapless male, drag him to their bedchamber for a fatal ménage à trois while the rest of the of gnome horde waits outside, then wait until morning where they throw the male's corpse over a seaside cliff before dancing in a mad frenzy with the other gnomes. Despite the poor reception at the April 11, 1920, premiere in Rome under Bernardino Molinari's baton, the work was taken up by Arturo Toscanini and Fritz Reiner, with later critics comparing Respighi's use of orchestral effects depicting whoops, shrieks, and cackling laughter to Bernard Hermann's use of the violin glissandos to depict murder in the film Psycho. Instrumentation: 2+2(Piccs).2+1(EH).2+1(BCl)+1(Eb).2+1(CBsn): 4.3+1(PiccTpt).3.1: Timp.Perc(5-6): 2Hp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set). Reprint edition.

Instrumentation

Commission

Dedication

Program Notes

Title Brand

Year Composed

Copyright Number

Copyright Year

Duration

Ensemble Size

Date Created

Date Updated

Inhouse Note

Bsc Code

Text Author

Premier Performance Memo

Recording Credits

Review

Awards

Title Category

Title Movements

Title Grade

Set Series ID

Title Instrument Category Text

Title Sub Category Text

Title Sub Category

Title Instrument Header

Title Grade Text

Clean Url