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Platero y yo

Title
Platero y yo / music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ; text by Juan Ramón Jiménez.
Author
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968.
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Delos, [2009], ℗2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Ovadia, Moni, 1946-
  • Segre, Emanuele, 1965-
  • Jiménez, Juan Ramón, 1881-1958.
  • Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"Platero y yo ... is the allegoric story of a friendship between Platero, a donkey, and the poet himself. While walking across the gentle Andalusian landscape the poet, together with his faithful friend, conjures up scenes from his youth. As the poet explores illusions and certainties, the donkey, through his wisdom, assists him in rediscovering his love for life"--Insert, p. 7.
Uniform Title
Platero y yo. Selections
Alternative Title
  • Platero y yo.
  • Platero and I
Subjects
Note
  • The 1st work comprises 13 excerpts from a work for narrator and guitar; the 2nd work originally for piano, arr. for solo guitar.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes in English, Spanish, and Italian, and Spanish texts with English and Italian translations (31 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Santa Maria Incoronata Church, Marinengo, Bergamo, Italy.
Language (note)
  • The 1st work narrated in Spanish.
Contents
Platero y yo. 1. Platero (3:01) ; 2. La primavera = Springtime (2:14) ; 3. Amistad = Friendship = Amicizia (2:13) ; 4. La arrulladora = The lullaby singer = La ninna-nanna (5:19) ; 5. Gorriones = Sparrows = I passeri (3:20) ; 6. Los gitanos = The local Gypsies = I gitani (3:51) ; 7. Asnografía = Donkey-ography = Asinografia (2:28) ; 8. Carnaval = Carnival = Carnevale (3:46) ; 9. La luna = The moon (2:38) ; 10. Juegos del anochecer = Games at nightfall = Giuochi dell\u0027 annottare (2:51) = 11. La tíscia = The consumptive girl = La tisica (3:22) ; 12. La muerte = Death = La morte (4:52) ; 13. Melancolía = Melancholy = Malinconia (4:06) -- Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ravel ; transcribed for guitar by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (6:28).
LCCN
  • 00013491338323
  • 013491338323
OCLC
  • ocn294889371
  • 294889371
  • SCSB-5533046
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Columbia University Libraries