31. Adagio

Puccini used this music for the waltz in the introduction of Le Villi (60) (after fig. 11). A reminiscence of it is found in the cancelled part of the Preludio sinfonico in A major (see NOTES to 32), which is why 31 probably must be dated earlier than the Preludio. Slightly different arrangements for string quartet have been made by Giorgio Magri and Wolfgang Ludewig (see 31.E.2).