When I raised the matter of the meaning of Preludio a un altro giorno, I
hadn't seen Michael Oliver's review of the Pizzetti CD in the December
Gramophone which says, in connection with that work:

   "Just before beginning it, in fact, Pizzetti had received a pitiful
   letter from his revered teacher Giovanni Tebaldini, now 87 and praying
   for death after a succession of strokes had confined him to his chair,
   terrified to stand for fear of falling.  At all events the gravely
   sombre opening and fatefully dramatic close reveal another side to
   Pizzetti..."

I think this makes clear the underlying meaning of a prelude to another
day.  Certainly, the music now makes much greater sense.

Richard Pennycuick
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