Commissioned by the BBC Singers for mixed voices, a cappella. It is a mocking, self-deprecatory portrait written in 1981. In this piece, a distraught composer moans as he sits in front of a blank page with an empty head. A fly buzzes around, and he calls out to his neighbors and his dog for comfort. Gian-Carlo Menotti's piece effectively conveyed the feeling you get when doing something extremely difficult, like writing a law school application essay, or trying to compose the perfect piece of music.
Moans, Groans, Cries And Sighs (A Composer At Work)
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | Baryton Voice |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Kor, Post-1900, Secular |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Vokal partitur |
| Niveau | Prof. |
| Sideantal | 32 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | G. Schirmer |
| Bidragydere | Menotti, Gian Carlo (Artist) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN | 9780634004322 |
| UPC | 0073999814705 |