Movements
Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid comprises these movements:
- Le campane de l’Ave Maria – The Ave Maria Bell; the main church calls the faithful for the Ave Maria prayers.
- Il tamburo dei Soldati – The Soldiers’ drum.
- Minuetto dei Ciechi – The Minuet of the Blind Beggars; Boccherini directed the cellists to place their instruments upon their knees, and strum them, like guitars.
- Il Rosario – The Rosary, a slow section not played in strict time.
- Passa calle – The Passacaglia of the Street Singers, known as Los Manolos, lower-class loudmouths; not a true passacaglia, yet imitates their singing. In Spanish, pasacalle denotes “pass along the street”, singing as one seeks amusement.
- Il tamburo – The drum.
- Ritirata – the retreat of the Madrid military night watch; the Watch’s patrol, announcing the curfew, and closing the streets for the night.
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