20th Century Italian Composers

(MGB). Seven works by Rossellini, Cilea, Principe, Petrassi, Alfano, and Ferrari-Trecate. Includes pull-out violin part. "The first work in Volume II, by Renzo Rossellini, is a straightforward slow movement in 6/8, reminiscent of a lullaby...Two works by Remy Principe include In The Woods of Ritten, a combination molto perpetuo and advanced-level etude, and The Small Square (as in village square), subtitled Homage to Manuel de Falla . This lovely vivace showpiece begins with a glissando on the A string followed by a descending pattern with turns on the E string, rapid-fire double stops, and left and right hand pizzicato passages, with a piano part patterned after de Falla's Spanish songs...This collection is a valuable repertoire and provides intermediate to advanced players with a set of exciting new alternatives to the standard works."-- American String Teacher

The songs on this anthology were chosen for their musical and historical value for teaching purposes, representing the compositional renaissance in Italy in the first decades of the 20th Century.