Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana

Pietro Mascagni
arr. Tracy Freeze

General Info

Year: 1890
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Marimba
Player II: Marimba
Player III: Marimba
Player IV: Marimba
Player V: Marimba
Player VI: Marimba

Program Notes

Mascagni first studied composition in Milan, rejecting his father's wishes to continue the family bakery business. At the age of 26 he achieved immediate fame by winning first prize in a competition for one-act operas. Although he wrote other operas, none matched the success of Cavalleria Rusticana, which was played worldwide and influenced many other composers of the time.

This one-act opera is a concise, passionate tale of Sicilian peasants, with lashings of love, jealousy and tragic death. In brief, Alfio a carterer, murders neighbour Turiddu in a duel having been told of Turiddu's relationship with his wife Lola by the rejected Santuzza, a village girl. At the heart of the opera is the intrigue and infidelity between all the principal characters. The opera ends with Alfio the victor and Santuzza in a deep swoon, her lover dead. This is a simple tale, played with great passion.

The famous Intermezzo is a serene interlude played to an empty stage representing the calm before the storm, the final climax of the death of Turiddu. - Steve Armitage

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

1337 Machine - Percussion Nonet: min. of 9 or more players
Anxiety (Freeze) - Percussion Ensemble
Extemporanimus - Indeterminante Instrumentation
Extemporanimus II - Inderterminate Instrumentation
Litter Liter Lieder - Percussion Sextet: 2 Liter Bottles; min. of 6 or more players
Percussion Symphony No. 1 - Percussion Quartet
Praesepe M.44 - Percussion Sextet: min. of 6 or more Players
Quartet For Percussion - Free vs Controlled - Percussion Quartet
Rhapsody for Timpani - Timpani
Sacrifice of Odin - Percussion Ensemble (13)
Stompageddon - Percussion Quintet: Push Brooms; min of 5 or more players
Stompapotamus - Percussion Quintet: Push Brooms; min of 5 or more players
Taiko Machine - Percussion Octet: min. of 8 or more players
Teh Pwnin Machine - Percussion Nonet: min. of 9 or more players
Thor and Jörmungandr - Percussion Octet: min. of 8 or more players
Trapezium Cluster - Timpani, Percussion Nonet: min. of 9 or more players
Trenches - Percussion Ensemble (10): min. of 10 or more players
Water and Ice - Percussion Nonet: min. of 9 or more players

Transcriptions

Adagio for Strings - Percussion Quintet; Mallet Ensemble; Doubling preferred
Ave Maria from All Night Vigil - Percussion Quartet; Mallet Ensemble; Doubling preferred
Bolero a'la Zappa - Percussion Sextet; Jazz Band
Der Doppleganger - Marimba - Voice (1 player)
Fantasy On Japanese Woodprints, op.211 (Percussion Ensemble) - Xylophone; Percussion Nonet
Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana - Percussion Sextet; Mallet Ensemble
La Messe de Nostre-Dame - Percussion Quartet, Mallet Ensemble; Doubling preferred
Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture - Percussion Quintet, Mallet Ensemble
Numc Dimittis from All Night Vigil - Percussion Quintet or Sextet; Mallet Ensemble; Doubling preferred
Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre - Multiple Percussion; Percussion Sextet, Mallet Ensemble
Polka from The Golden Age - Percussion Quartet; Mallet Ensemble
Senegal Calling - Percussion Ensemble (14); optional Jazz Band
Siete canciones populares españolas - Marimba; Soprano Voice
Time After Time - Percussion Duo, Marimba/Vibes Duo
Toccata and Fugue - Percussion Quintet; Mallet Ensemble