Duetto buffo di due gatti
Duetto buffo di due gatti (Italian: "humorous duet for two cats") is a popular piece of music for two voices (usually sopranos, or soprano and alto ), which often appears as an encore at concerts. The text consists exclusively of the word "meow", which is repeated over and over again.
The piece was and is usually attributed to Gioachino Rossini . In reality, however, it is not by him, but a compilation from 1825, which is based in large part on Rossini's opera Otello from 1816. The arrangement was probably made by the English composer Robert Lucas Pearsall , who put it into circulation under the pseudonym G. Berthold . A variant that deviates from the popular version became known under the authorship of Friedrich August Reissiger .
construction
In the order of appearance, the piece includes the following quotations:
- the Katte-Cavatine by the Danish composer Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
- Section of the duet by Otello and Iago in Rossini's Otello , second act.
- Section of the cabaletta of the aria Ah, come mai non senti in Rossini's Otello , second act, sung by Rodrigo
Web links
- Duetto buffo di due gatti : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Link to download the sheet music of the arrangement
- Katte-Cavatine by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Duetto buffo di due gatti on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Katzenduett by Friedrich August Reissiger : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- ^ Richard Osborne: Rossini . Dent, London 1986, ISBN 0-460-03179-1 , p. 179.