The Partita for orchestra with a solo soprano (Alla memoria di Ernesto Consolo) by the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola was composed between 1930 and 1932.
[1] Partita is the work with which Dallapiccola first came to international recognition.
[2] Written in memory of the Italian pianist Ernesto Consolo [it; de], it is scored in four movements for orchestra, with a soprano solo in the final movement.
In a manner analogous to the finale of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, the setting is a childlike medieval Latin lullaby.
[2] The work was premiered at the Teatro Comunale, Florence, on 22 January 1933 by the theatre orchestra under Vittorio Gui, with Laura Pasini [it] as soloist.