Monumentum pro Gesualdo is a 1960 arrangement and recomposition byIgor Stravinsky of three madrigals byCarlo Gesualdo: 1. Asciugate i begli occhi (Book 5, XIV); 2. Ma tu, cagion di quella (Book 5, XVIII); 3. Beltà poi che t'assenti (Book 6, II). It was composed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesualdo's birth and was intended to complement Stravinsky's similarTres Sacrae Cantiones. It was premiered on September 27, 1960, at theVenice Biennale, played by theOrchestra del Teatro la Fenice conducted by Stravinsky.[1]
It was later choreographed by theNew York City Ballet (NYCB) co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine. The premiere took place on Wednesday, November 16,1960, atCity Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery and lighting byDavid Hays (new lighting byRonald Bates in 1974) and was conducted byRobert Irving.[citation needed]
It was first performed in conjunction with Balanchine's choreographic interpretation ofMovements for Piano and Orchestra in 1963 and was regularly performed in this pairing thereafter.[2]
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