VOCAL WORKS

A te, for voice and pianoforte (c 1875).
KAYE, pp. 5-11.
Plaudite populi, four-voice motet (1877).
Performed in Lucca, on April 29 1877.
Orchestral Score (for hire): Milan, Ricordi, © 1992 (pl. no. 136113).
«Credo» for soloists (tenor and baritone), coro and orchestra (1878).
Performed at Lucca, July 12 1878; inserited into the Messa; manuscript in Biblioteca dell'Istituto musicale pareggiato «L. Boccherini» di Lucca (copy).
Vexilla Regis, anthem for male choir and Organ (1878).
Text by Venanzio Fortunato; KAYE, pp. 16-26.
Messa a quattro voci con orchestra for soloists (tenor and baritone) choir and orchestra (1878-80).
Performed at Lucca, July 12 1880; autograph: Lucca, Museo casa natale; the music of the Kyrie was used in Edgar, the Agnus Dei in Manon Lescaut; VS © 1951 (Ricordi & Mills), 132187, R. 1984. Orchestral Score (for hire): Milan, Ricordi, © 1975 (pl. no. 132341). Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinet in B flat, 2 Bassoon, 2 Horn in E flat, 2 Trumpet in E flat, 3 Trombone, Oficleide, Timpani in A flat, Strings.
Salve del ciel Regina, for soprano and harmonium (c 1882).
Used in Le villi; KAYE pp. 30-2.
Mentìa l’avviso, recitative and aria for tenor and pianoforte (1882).
Verses by Felice Romani; used in Manon Lescaut; KAYE pp. 37-44.
Ad una morta, lyric for baritone and pianoforte.
Verses by Antonio Ghislanzoni; used in Le villi; fragment; KAYE pp. 218-22.
Storiella d’amore, melody for soprano or tenor and pianoforte (1883).
Verses by Antonio Ghislanzoni; used in Edgar, La musica popolare ii, no. 40, 1883; KAYE pp. 50-4.
Sole ed amore, mattinata for soprano or tenor and pianoforte (1888).
Anonymous text, perhaps by Puccini himself; used in La bohème; Il Paganini ii, no. 23, 1888; KAYE pp. 58-9.
Avanti Urania!, lyric for voice and pianoforte (1896).
Verses by Renato Fucini; one melodic idea used in Madama Butterfly; Genesio Venturini, Firenze-Rome, 1899; KAYE pp. 66-8.
Inno a Diana, for canto and pianoforte (1897).
Verses by Carlo Abeniacar; Sant’Uberto (illustrated New Year’s edition), 1898; KAYE pp. 75-8.
E l’uccellino, lullaby for voice and pianoforte (1899).
Verses by Renato Fucini; Ricordi, Milan, 1899; KAYE pp. 82-4.
Terra e mare, lyric for voice and pianoforte (1902).
Verses by Enrico Panzacchi; Novissima 1902, annual album of arts and letters, 1902; KAYE, pp. 88-9 (from the autograph).
Canto d’anime, a page of an album for voice and pianoforte (1904).
Verses by Luigi Illica; written for the phonograph, recorded on a 78 by Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. 53497; KAYE, pp. 107-9.
Requiem for three-part choir, viola, harmonium or organ (1905).
Performed at Milan, 27 January 1905; Elkan & Vogel, 1976.
Casa mia, casa mia, lyric for voice and pianoforte (1908).
On a traditional text; KAYE, p. 117.
Sogno d’or, lullaby for voice and pianoforte.
Verses by Carlo Marsili; used in La rondine; Noi e il mondo (Christmas and New Year’s edition), 1913.
Morire?, lyric for voice and pianoforte (c 1917).
Verses by Giuseppe Adami; used in the second version of la rondine; Album collettivo per la C.R.I., Milan, Ricordi, n.d.[1917-1918]; KAYE, pp. 123-6.
Inno a Roma, for voice and pianoforte (1919).
Text by Fausto Salvatori; performed at Rome, 1 June 1919, orchestrated for band by Vessella, and for orchestra by Fiorda; Inno di Roma, Milan, Sonzogno, 1923; KAYE, pp. 136-41.


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