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 | Baryton Voice |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Kor, Post-1900, Secular |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vocal partitur |
| Niveau | Prof. |
| Sidor | 32 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | G. Schirmer |
| Bidragsgivare | Menotti, Gian Carlo (Artist) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISBN | 9780634004322 |
| UPC | 0073999814705 |