Listen: Menotti's Poemetti
1. Giga Rollicking, vigorous dance in A major Suggests light-hearted playground games with skipping and running Darker mood at F# minor section Form: A A' B A'' A' B' Meter changes from 6/8 to 9/8 at the end of sections 2. Lullaby Tonic-dominant ostinato underneath a melancholy melody evoking a traditional Italian lullaby Gently falling intervals in melody line LH intervals expand briefly in the final section Form: A A' A'' -- extracted from notes by Sylvia Watkins Ryan #reco