The "Gattopardo" waltz / Giuseppe Verdi ; foreword ... notes ... Stephen Casale, editor.

Record ID: 
113401
Accession number: 
GWM W1
Creator: 
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title: 
The "Gattopardo" waltz / Giuseppe Verdi ; foreword ... notes ... Stephen Casale, editor.
Uniform title: 
Waltz, piano, F major
Published: 
Quincy : Musica Obscura Editions, c1986.
Notes: 

"This little waltz is, to my knowledge, the only surviving piano piece of Verdi. In an orchestrated version by Nino Rota, it was featured in the Ball Scene of Luchino Visconti's film Il gattopardo, hence the present title. The autograph, owned by Mr. Rota's heirs ... bears the title "Valzer" and the instrumental rubric "Cembalo" at the top.... Mr. Lanza Tomasi (in an article in Discoteca IV/30 [1963]) states that the waltz dates from 1859...."

Associated names: 

Casale, Stephen, editor.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.

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