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Asian romance
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.885800 Composed by James McDonald. 20th Century,Children,Contemporary,New Age,Standards. Score. 5 pages. ...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.885800 Composed by James McDonald. 20th Century,Children,Contemporary,New Age,Standards. Score. 5 pages. James McDonald #3104525. Published by James McDonald (A0.885800). Following the advice of some friends I changed the title of an older composition to this one,... Asian romance. It is a modern romantic piece for advanced or at least lower advanced pianists. The beautiful melodies included in this piece have an oriental flavour in them which I think Asian people should appreciate. It can also be viewed as a New Age piece. Finally a nice piece of piano for a recital... Enjoy.
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L´Hiver des Alpes
L´Hiver des Alpes
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Choral 3-part
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M-A
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L´Hiver des Alpes
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Choral 3-Part Chorus,Choir,Choral - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1448064 By M-A.G. de Saint Amant (Poet). By Λrthvr. 21st Century,A Cappella,Baroq...
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Choral 3-Part Chorus,Choir,Choral - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1448064 By M-A.G. de Saint Amant (Poet). By Λrthvr. 21st Century,A Cappella,Baroque,Chamber,Contemporary. 3 pages. Arthur #1028002. Published by Arthur (A0.1448064). A setting of the poem L´Hiver des Alpes by M-A.G. de Saint Amant, for 3 solo voices or women's choir.You are free to transpose the score.If you would like to perform the piece publicly (live concert or internet), please contact me.Here you can find the audio recording of this piece for download:https://arthvr000.bandcamp.com/album/vocal-music-poetry-settingsPoem Text:Ces atomes de feu qui sur la Neige brillent,Ces étincelles d’or, d’azur et de cristalDont l’Hiver, au Soleil, d’un lustre orientalPare ses cheveux blancs que les vents éparpillent ;Ce beau Coton du Ciel, de quoi les monts s’habillent,Ce Pavé transparent fait du second Métal,Et cet air net et sain, propre à l’esprit vital,Sont si doux à mes yeux que d’aise ils en pétillent.Cette saison me plaît : j’en aime la froideur ;Sa Robe d’Innocence et de pure candeurCouvre en quelque façon les crimes de la Terre.Aussi l’Olympien la voit d’un front humain ;Sa colère l’épargne et jamais le tonnerrePour désoler ses jours ne partit de sa main.
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Ke Mu San (Min Nan Yu)
Ke Mu San (Min Nan Yu)
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Dong Bei Hu Ge
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Kee Kai ( Malaysia )
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Ke Mu San
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Guitar - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1415864 By Dong Bei Hu Ge. By Dong Bei Hu Ge. Arranged by Kee Kai ( Malaysia ). 21st Century,Contemporary,Con...
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Guitar - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1415864 By Dong Bei Hu Ge. By Dong Bei Hu Ge. Arranged by Kee Kai ( Malaysia ). 21st Century,Contemporary,Contest,Country,Festival,Folk. Guitar Tab. 1 pages. KeeKai #997558. Published by KeeKai (A0.1415864). The most danceble oriental song that get tren in Asia now in nylon song guitar arrangement by Kee Kai.
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Mediterraneo - Score Only
Mediterraneo - Score Only
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Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos Sona
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Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos
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serious (Dum) and acute (Tek)
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Alicia Dominguez
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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1372693 By Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos Sonay. By Joan Manuel Serrat. Arranged by Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos. Film/TV,Mult...
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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1372693 By Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos Sonay. By Joan Manuel Serrat. Arranged by Alicia DomÃnguez Arcos. Film/TV,Multicultural,Pop,Praise & Worship,Singer/Songwriter,World. 30 pages. Alicia Dominguez #957004. Published by Alicia Dominguez (A0.1372693). In these 112 measures for the twinning of Istanbul-Algeciras I have wanted to incorporate concepts from both parties, with the respect that the composition of Don Joan Manuel Serrat deserves in which in 1970 he sang “Mare Nostrum†(Nostrum mare more correctly in Latin classic, being one of the popular anthems of Spain and therefore a cultural heritage. Therefore it can be used instrumentally or if required, there is a number in the score of which, although the guitar has a melody and one of the choral voices, with two guitars, or make two choral voices or join with your own melody, use both bowed string instruments and plucked strings, etc.Likewise, there are two voices, of which a single voice can use the phrasings of both one voice and the other, giving it its own personality.The tempo will be whatever the interpretation itself wants, much slower, without accelerating so much between the beginning and the moment of the song itself. I have incorporated some instruments into the arrangement as examples:Buzukibouzouki, like the sazturco and the Lebanese Buzuq, which belong to the same family of Buzuki instruments.And as percussion only percussion The Turkish Darbuka is a percussion musical instrument The Turkish Darbuka is a percussion musical instrument from Turkey. The Turkish Darbuka have a high range of low and high resonant tones that sound between the two registers; serious (Dum) and acute (Tek). The edge or lip allows for finger breaking techniques that are not possible in the Egyptian Darbuka.And the Tombak, also called Dombak Ozarb, is a chalice-shaped drum, traditionally built with a hollowed-out biker or walnut trunk covered with skin at one end.With the beginning and among the work itself I wanted to give place to the Bashraf (Turkish Pesrev and Persian Pishraw, which means Overture) and the Sama'i (Turkish Sam Semai) Instrumental genre that is used in the Turkish court and in Sufi music . They were introduced into the Arab world before the 19th century.And also give place in his forms to the Ottoman composer Ismail Hakkibei (1866-1927). Unite Serrat with Hakkibey with this Istanbul-Algeciras work.Although the Bashraf is always made up of four points, Khanat (Plural Dekhana) or Hanne in Turkish, which are always followed by a chorus (Taslim / Teslim), its structure being Khana 1+ Taslim, Khana 2, Khana 3+ Taslim, Khana 4 + Taslim.The fragments must be incorporated since the main base is the Mediterranean pop theme. For this reason, its original rhythm is the Defâhte (In Arabic, Faakhito Fahitah Turki. Being a 20/4 time signature subdivided into 5 sub-groups of 4/4 where the complete cycle coincides with the phrases of the theme. Without forgetting that in music Arabic with the oriental rhythm Lsaada Duyukde 8/8 making a cycle for each measure of 4/4, that is, cycles per phrase, if those written for Western reading in 4/4 with double durations and simplicity. Unit of time: quarter note , coincides in two phrases of 5 measures per staff for a better understanding of the form of the piece, also within a written Arabic version of the theme the unit of time is eighth note 8/8 in G, but it had to be incorporated into Mediterráneo and it is always It is more feasible to think of the human voice as being more limited than instrumentation such as flute, plucked leather instruments, and bowed string instruments.Instrumentation:FluteGuitar 1 (1st voice melody)Guitar 2 (2nd voice melody)Bass (accompaniment and chords)BuzukiSazDarbukaTombakVoice 1st2nd voiceSMATB Voices1st violin2nd violinViolaCellosDouble basses.
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Two Spanish Dances for Horn and Piano
Two Spanish Dances for Horn and Piano
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French Horn and Piano
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Enrique Granados
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Ralph Sauer
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Two Spanish Dances for Horn an
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French Horn,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1418445 Composed by Enrique Granados. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 19th Century,Romantic Period. Score...
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French Horn,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1418445 Composed by Enrique Granados. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 19th Century,Romantic Period. Score and part. 10 pages. Gordon Cherry #1000013. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.1418445). Enrique Granados was a Spanish composer whose music had the unique style of his homeland burned into his soul. He was also a very talented painter in the style of Goya. The Two Spanish Dances are named Oriental and Fandango. They are taken from the 12 Danzas Españolas, Volume I from 1890, for Piano. Mr. Sauer has brilliantly taken the Solo Piano part and divided it between Solo Horn and Piano. Performers will enjoy working on this style of Spanish Nationalist music of which there is none in the Solo repertoire.The two dances are about six and a half minutes in length and can be performed by advanced musicians.
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Two Spanish Dances for Tuba or Bass Trombone & Piano
Two Spanish Dances for Tuba or Bass Trombone & Piano
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Tuba and Piano
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Granados, Enrique
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Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792286 Composed by Granados, Enrique. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Folk,Romantic Period,World. ...
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Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792286 Composed by Granados, Enrique. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Folk,Romantic Period,World. Score and part. 10 pages. Gordon Cherry #4803845. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792286). Granados was a Spanish composer whose music had the unique style of his homeland burned into his soul. He was also a very talented painter in the style of Goya. The Two Dances, 1. Oriental and 2. Fandango are taken from the 12 danzas españolas, volume I from 1890, for Piano.Mr. Sauer has brilliantly taken the solo Piano part and divided it between solo Tuba and Piano. Tubists will enjoy working on this style of Spanish Nationalist music of which there is none in the solo repertoire. The Two Dances are about 6 1/2 minutes in length and can be performed by advanced musicians.
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Ruckert Lieder for Trombone and Piano
Ruckert Lieder for Trombone and Piano
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Trombone and Piano
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Gustav Mahler
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Ralph Sauer
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Ruckert Lieder for Trombone an
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Gordon Cherry
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Piano,Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.745511 Composed by Gustav Mahler. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part....
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Piano,Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.745511 Composed by Gustav Mahler. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 25 pages. Gordon Cherry #353428. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.745511). The Rückert Lieder by Gustav Mahler were written between 1901 and 1902, being first premiered in 1905 with Mahler himself conducting. The text of the songs is taken from poems set by Friedrich Rückert, a professor of Oriental languages. Mahler's music, able to convey complex emotions with seemingly simple melodic lines is the perfect vehicle for these poems. Ralph Sauer has taken four of these songs and edited them for performance on the Tenor or Bass Trombone. He has also included the original German and English translations of the songs to aid the performers and also the listener to best enjoy the feelings coming from this sublime music. All together the songs are about 15 minutes in length. Although technically not difficult, these songs require a mature interpretation in order to best convey their message.
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Two Spanish Dances for Euphonium & Piano
Two Spanish Dances for Euphonium & Piano
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Euphonium, Piano (duet)
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Granados, Enrique
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Two Spanish Dances for Euphoni
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Gordon Cherry
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Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792287 Composed by Granados, Enrique. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Folk,Romantic Period,Wo...
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Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792287 Composed by Granados, Enrique. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Folk,Romantic Period,World. Score and part. 10 pages. Gordon Cherry #4803899. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792287). Granados was a Spanish composer whose music had the unique style of his homeland burned into his soul. He was also a very talented painter in the style of Goya. The Two Dances, 1. Oriental and 2. Fandango are taken from the 12 danzas españolas, volume I from 1890, for Piano.Mr. Sauer has brilliantly taken the solo Piano part and divided it between solo Euphnium and Piano. Euphonium performers will enjoy working on this style of Spanish Nationalist music of which there is none in the solo repertoire. The Two Dances (in tenor clef) are about 6 1/2 minutes in length and can be performed by advanced musicians.
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Ruckert Lieder for Euphonium and Piano
Ruckert Lieder for Euphonium and Piano
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Euphonium, Piano (duet)
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Gustav Mahler
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Ralph Sauer
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Ruckert Lieder for Euphonium a
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Gordon Cherry
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Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.791973 Composed by Gustav Mahler. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. S...
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Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.791973 Composed by Gustav Mahler. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 28 pages. Gordon Cherry #399185. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.791973). The Rückert Lieder by Gustav Mahler were written between 1901 and 1902, being first premiered in 1905 with Mahler himself conducting. The text of the songs is taken from poems set by Friedrich Rückert, a professor of Oriental languages. Mahler's music, able to convey complex emotions with seemingly simple melodic lines is the perfect vehicle for these poems. Ralph Sauer has taken four of these songs and edited them for performance on the Euphonium. He has also included the original German and English translations of the songs to aid the performers and also the listener to best enjoy the feelings coming from this sublime music. All together the songs are about 15 minutes in length. Although technically not difficult, these songs require a mature interpretation in order to best convey their message.
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Children’s Corner for Brass Sextet
Children’s Corner for Brass Sextet
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Brass ensemble
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Classical
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Claude Debussy
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Terrett, Keith
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wild hair
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Children’s Corner for Brass
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Gordon Cherry
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792372 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Terrett, Keith. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score an...
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792372 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Terrett, Keith. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 39 pages. Gordon Cherry #4820021. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792372). Children's Corner arranged for Brass Sextet by Keith Terrett is a four- movement suite for 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn, 2 Trombones and Tuba. Debussy's original six movement suite was written and first performed in 1908 on the Piano.It was dedicated to Debussy's daughter, Claude- Emma who was only three at the time. The four movements for brass are: 1. Jimbo's Lullaby (about an elephant) 2. Serenade for the Doll (about an Oriental porcelain doll) 3. The Little Shepherd (a shepherd with his flute) 4. Golliwogg's Cakewalk (they were stuffed black dolls with red pants & wild hair. This 11 minute suite is suitable for advanced performers and is the only arrangement published of this work for brass.
$32.50 ≈
29.84€
A-nir
A-nir
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Choral SATB
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Antonio Gervasoni
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A-nir
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Antonio Gervasoni
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Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1088399 Composed by Antonio Gervasoni. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,Wo...
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Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1088399 Composed by Antonio Gervasoni. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. Octavo. 18 pages. Antonio Gervasoni #692665. Published by Antonio Gervasoni (A0.1088399). Single-movement work for a cappella choir. I started composing A-nir in April 2002, as a piece for my composition class at the National Conservatory of Music. The title means lamentation in the Sumerian language and the text corresponds to the first twenty-one lines of The Lament for Sumer and Urim, written between 2600 and 1700 BC. The transliteration (i.e. a conversion to the Latin alphabet) of the original cuneiform version was done by the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford and published online in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. An analysis of the text presents a three-part structure, with the first and third sections closely related. In 2004, A-nir won the Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest, sponsored by the Michigan-based choir Vanguard Voices, in the category of emerging composers, and premiered on June 5, 2005 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan.
$2.99 ≈
2.75€
Mother Goose Suite (score only, 11" x 17" format)
Mother Goose Suite (score only, 11" x 17" format)
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Concert band
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Maurice Ravel
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Keith Michael Davis
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Mother Goose Suite
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Komodo Music
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.932827 Composed by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Arranged by Keith Michael Davis. 20th Century,Children. S...
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.932827 Composed by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Arranged by Keith Michael Davis. 20th Century,Children. Score and parts. 45 pages. Komodo Music #6530195. Published by Komodo Music (A0.932827). Ravel's enchanting masterpiece, transcribed for symphonic band or wind ensemble in a brand new edition for SMP Press! The entire suite has been lovingly and painstakingly recast for winds and percussion, with an emphasis on transparent textures and colorful scoring. Included are: the pensive Pavane for the Sleeping Princess in the Woods, Little Tom Thumb, the exotic Oriental-flavored Laidonnerette (Little Ugly), Princess of the Pagodas, the charming waltz Dialogue Between Beauty and the Beast, and the ravishingly beautiful finale, The Fairy Garden. Long a favorite with orchestras and audiences, Ravel's Mother Goose Suite's introduction to wind band audiences is long overdue! Score only, parts available separately.
$40.00 ≈
36.73€
The Vampire: A Dramatic Theme
The Vampire: A Dramatic Theme
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Guitar
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Sol Paul Levy
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Eric J Roth
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The Vampire: A Dramatic Theme
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Eric J Roth
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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914739 Composed by Sol Paul Levy (1881-1920). Arranged by Eric J Roth. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Ind...
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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914739 Composed by Sol Paul Levy (1881-1920). Arranged by Eric J Roth. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Individual part. 6 pages. Eric J Roth #4593125. Published by Eric J Roth (A0.914739). 6 pages (2 pages of music) formatted for 8.5x11 printing.Sol Paul Levy, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1881, was a composer, arranger and performer of silent film music. He attended All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland and served as first clarinetist in bands led by John Philip Sousa and Arthur Pryor. Levy led the foreign orchestrating department for Victor Records – which was the first music company to produce the disc record – and was a founder of Belwin Music. Levy compiled a series of photoplay cues for piano that was published in H.S. Gordon’s 1914 Motion Picture Collection. He also wrote songs, the most famous of which was That Naughty Waltz. Sol Paul Levy died in New York in 1920. During the Silent Film Era (1896-1936), showings usually featured live music, which helped to provide dramatic and emotional cues for the audience. The first public silent film shown in 1895 was accompanied by a guitarist. Soon after, films were commonly accompanied by either a pianist, organist, or chamber orchestra. Accompanists often improvised or compiled music from the classical, theatrical or popular repertories using a cue sheet identifying the effects or moods to be conveyed. While some films produced full scores or detailed cue sheets containing excerpts of music unique to that film, a repertoire of generic music soon developed to provide accompanists with music that they could adapt as needed. With titles such as Dramatic Conflict, Dramatic Tension, Heavy Mysterioso, and Weird Oriental Theme, Sol Paul Levy’s scores clearly served this purpose. The Vampire: A Dramatic Theme, composed in 1917, could have been easily adapted to any of the more than twenty films about vampires that appeared between 1909 and 1930. The score exists in three versions: one for small orchestra with piano conductor, one for chamber orchestra without piano, and one for chamber orchestra without timpani. Instruments included piano, flute, clarinet, two cornets, trombone, two timpani, two violins, viola, cello, and bass. Despite being composed for small orchestra, the piece, composed in A minor, is well suited to the guitar once instrumental and octave doublings are removed. While a solo guitar cannot produce the power and volume of a chamber orchestra, it certainly can evoke the intended mood. Except in a few instances owing to the limitations of the guitar, all original dynamic markings have been retained. All fingerings, of course, are editorial. Please note that some of the fingerings in the score may differ than those used in the linked YouTube Video.
$3.99 ≈
3.66€
David, Félicien : A une Smyrniote (Collection Anacrouse)
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Piano solo
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French Songs
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David, Félicien
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A une Smyrniote
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Note4Piano
La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époq...
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La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.<br><br>Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.<br><br>Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d’ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.<br><br><br><br>En 1836, le compositeur Félicien David édite les « Mélodies orientales ». Elles comptent au total vingt et une pièces dont dix-huit ont été rééditées en 1845 sous le titre « Brises d'Orient » et trois autres sous le titre « Les Minarets ». Lorsqu'elles sortent, ces mélodies n'obtiennent pas un grand succès. Deux raisons peuvent l'expliquer. D'une part, un incendie détruit une partie des stocks de partitions imprimées. D'autre part, le public, qui avait aimé les « Orientales » du poète Victor Hugo et les « Pestiférés de Jaffa » du peintre Eugène Delacroix, ne semblait pas être attiré par l'orientalisme musical.<br>Les brises d'Orient possèdent la puissance des charmes orientaux plutôt doux. Le compositeur traduit à merveille l'atmosphère orientale en marquant les rythmes par des basses étonnantes.<br>Plus que des formes traditionnelles, ce qu'il faut retenir de ces pièces est le fait qu'elles racontent de belles histoires avec toujours une dynamique très réussie de passages lents et de passages vifs et rapides.<br>L'écriture de Félicien David ne manque pas de couleurs. Cependant il n'essaie pas d'appliquer l'exotisme du Moyen-Orient. Les mélodies chantent naturellement à travers ses pièces.<br>En écoutant « à une Smyrniote » comme dans les autres pièces se révèle un orientalisme assez peu oriental pour nous aujourd'hui. A l'origine, l'orientalisme est un mouvement artistique, ce qui signifie qu'il ne peut être fidèlement lié à la reproduction de la réalité.<br>Dans ce morceau, la mélodie est liée sans nul doute à la basse harmonique très mise en valeur par des accentuations rythmiques qui constituent une assise solide.<br>Des reprises de passages musicaux dans l'enchaînement de l'oeuvre révèlent des atmosphères complètement différentes, suggérant au pianiste un nouveau fil conducteur dans l'interprétation. Partition + Biographie + Notes sur l'oeuvre
3.30€
David, Félicien : Souvenirs d'Enfance (Collection Anacrouse)
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Piano solo
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French Songs
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David, Félicien
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Souvenirs d'Enfance
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Note4Piano
La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époq...
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La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.<br><br>Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.<br><br>Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d’ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.<br><br><br><br>En 1836, le compositeur Félicien David édite les « Mélodies orientales ». Elles comptent au total vingt et une pièces dont dix-huit ont été rééditées en 1845 sous le titre « Brises d'Orient » et trois autres sous le titre « Les Minarets ». Lorsqu'elles sortent, ces mélodies n'obtiennent pas un grand succès. Deux raisons peuvent l'expliquer. D'une part, un incendie détruit une partie des stocks de partitions imprimées. D'autre part, le public, qui avait aimé les « Orientales » du poète Victor Hugo et les « Pestiférés de Jaffa » du peintre Eugène Delacroix, ne semblait pas être attiré par l'orientalisme musical.<br>Les brises d'Orient possèdent la puissance des charmes orientaux plutôt doux. Le compositeur traduit à merveille l'atmosphère orientale en marquant les rythmes par des basses étonnantes.<br>Dans la pièce Souvenir d'enfance, les mélodies sont pour lui plus qu'un carnet de notes ou un journal de voyage où il consigne impressions et souvenirs. C'est aussi un journal intime dans lequel des passages laissent parfaitement deviner qu'il relate son parcours initiatique. Félicien David y revoit son enfance et pense à l'Occident. Son orientalisme n'est donc pas chez lui un refuge ou le moyen d'une fuite.<br>Venez interpréter une des pièces composées par un des maîtres de l'orientalisme du 19ème! Partition + Biographie + Notes sur l'oeuvre
3.30€
David, Félicien : L'Almée (Collection Anacrouse)
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Piano solo
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French Songs
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David, Félicien
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L'Almée
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Note4Piano
La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époq...
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La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.<br><br>Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.<br><br>Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d’ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.<br><br><br><br>En 1836, le compositeur Félicien David édite les « Mélodies orientales ». Elles comptent au total vingt et une pièces dont dix-huit ont été rééditées en 1845 sous le titre « Brises d'Orient » et trois autres sous le titre « Les Minarets ». Lorsqu'elles sortent, ces mélodies n'obtiennent pas un grand succès. Deux raisons peuvent l'expliquer. D'une part, un incendie détruit une partie des stocks de partitions imprimées. D'autre part, le public, qui avait aimé les « Orientales » du poète Victor Hugo et les « Pestiférés de Jaffa » du peintre Eugène Delacroix, ne semblait pas être attiré par l'orientalisme musical.<br>Les brises d'Orient possèdent la puissance des charmes orientaux plutôt doux. Le compositeur traduit à merveille l'atmosphère orientale en marquant les rythmes par des basses étonnantes.<br>Plus que des formes traditionnelles, ce qu'il faut retenir de ces pièces est le fait qu'elles racontent de belles histoires avec toujours une dynamique très réussie de passages lents et de passages vifs et rapides. `L'Almée` (danseuse égyptienne) en est un très bon exemple avec une introduction si lyrique que l'on s'attend à l'apparition d'une diva. Mais surprise, un développement harmonieux calme les esprits. Et jusqu'à la conclusion les reprises du thème très rythmé alternent avec ceux du développement lent.<br>Venez découvrir un compositeur digne des grands maîtres de peinture orientale. Cette pièce mérite d'être interprétée par tout pianiste amateur de la musique classique. Partition + Biographie + Notes sur l'oeuvre
3.30€
David, Félicien : Rêverie (Collection Anacrouse)
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Piano solo
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French Songs
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David, Félicien
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Rêverie
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Note4Piano
La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époq...
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La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.<br><br>Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.<br><br>Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d’ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.<br><br><br><br>En 1836, le compositeur Félicien David édite les « Mélodies orientales ». Elles comptent au total vingt et une pièces dont dix-huit ont été rééditées en 1845 sous le titre « Brises d'Orient » et trois autres sous le titre « Les Minarets ». Lorsqu'elles sortent, ces mélodies n'obtiennent pas un grand succès. Deux raisons peuvent l'expliquer. D'une part, un incendie détruit une partie des stocks de partitions imprimées. D'autre part, le public, qui avait aimé les « Orientales » du poète Victor Hugo et les « Pestiférés de Jaffa » du peintre Eugène Delacroix, ne semblait pas être attiré par l'orientalisme musical.<br>Les brises d'Orient possèdent la puissance des charmes orientaux plutôt doux. Le compositeur traduit à merveille l'atmosphère orientale en marquant les rythmes par des basses étonnantes.<br>Plus que des formes traditionnelles, ce qu'il faut retenir de ces pièces est le fait qu'elles racontent de belles histoires avec toujours une dynamique très réussie de passages lents et de passages vifs et rapides.<br>L'écriture de Félicien David ne manque pas de couleurs. Cependant il n'essaie pas d'appliquer l'exotisme du Moyen-Orient. Les mélodies chantent naturellement à travers ses pièces.<br> Rêverie révèle beaucoup de surprises. Le compositeur nous entraîne dans un voyage agité où rêverie rime avec intrépidité. Chevauchée mélodique et rythmique interrompues de contre temps, de silences, qui nous amène à découvrir des paysages changeants et très différents dans l'instant musical. Partition + Biographie + Notes sur l'oeuvre
3.30€
Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 2
Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 2
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Piano solo
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
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Classical
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Claude Debussy/Robert Orledg
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Debussy Inconnu: Album of work
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century, Impressionistic, Repertoire. Score. 76...
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century, Impressionistic, Repertoire. Score. 76 pages. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
Contains Le Roi Lear: Prélude,Première Fanfare, and La Mort de Cordélia,Toomai des éléphants, Rodrigue et Chimène: Prélude à l’acte 1p. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: La Passion , and No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence
From Robert Orledge's notes:
My interest in the wonderful music of Claude Debussy began in the 1980s when I researched and published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled Debussy and the Theatre. During the course of my studies in Paris, I was amazed to discover that Debussy planned over 50 theatrical works but only finished two of these entirely by himself (the opera Pelléas et Mélisande in 1893–1902 and the ballet Jeux for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1912–13). Of the rest, many were never started musically (like Siddartha and Orphée-roi with the Oriental scholar Victor Segalen, 1907); some had a few tantalising sketches (like the Edgar Allan Poe opera Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1902–03); some were half-finished (like his other Poe opera La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1908–17); while others were musically complete but had their orchestrations completed by other composers (like Khamma, by Charles Koechlin, 1912–13; or Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien and La Boîte à joujoux by his ‘angel of corrections’ [‘l’ange des Corrections’] André Caplet in 1911 and 1919 respectively).
For it has to be admitted that what some scholars call Debussy’s ‘compulsive achievement’ could equally well be viewed as laziness, especially as far as the minute detail required for calligraphing his orchestral scores was concerned. It was as if creating the music itself was of greater importance than controlling its final sound, even if Debussy was an imaginative orchestrator when he found the time and energy to do it. It also seems true that Debussy also preferred inventing ideas to turning them into complete pieces. However, despite the lack of detail in many of his sketches (missing clefs, key signatures, dynamics, phrasing, etc.) the notes themselves are surprisingly accurate, whether or not they can be compared with a later draft. Thus, a large number of sketches exist for his Chinese ballet No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence and it is not too difficult to see which parts of Georges de Feure’s 1913 scenario (see below) inspired which ideas. But Debussy hardly made any attempt to join them together after the first few bars.
It was usually up to his publisher, Jacques Durand, to find solutions when Debussy risked a breach of contract. Debussy was supposed to supervise the orchestrations completed by others, but this supervision was usually very light and restricted to quiet, sensitive moments in which problems were easier to spot. Far from jealously guarding every one of his created notes, as Ravel did, Debussy once even went as far as to ask Koechlin to ‘write a ballet for him that he would sign’ on 26 March 1914 when he was hard-pressed to fulfil his lucrative contract for No-ja-li with André Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre in London. In the end, Debussy (through Durand) sent Charlot the symphonic suite Printemps instead, whose orchestration had been completed by Henri Busser in the Spring of 1912.
So, when I was offered early retirement as Professor of Music at Liverpool University in 2004, I seized the opportunity it would give me to spend time trying to reconstruct some of Debussy’s lost potential masterpieces from his existing sketches and drafts—then orchestrating them in Debussy’s style when this was appropriate. I had begun this mission in 2001 with the most promising project, the missing parts of Scene 2 of La Chute de la Maison Usher and the sheer joy it gave me at every stage persuaded me to tackle other projects, especially when Debussy experts were unable to identify exactly where I took over from Debussy (and vice versa) in Usher.
$38.95 ≈
35.77€
Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 1
Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 1
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Piano solo
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
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Classical
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Claude Debussy/Robert Orledg
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Debussy Inconnu: Album of work
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century, Impressionistic, Repertoire, Recital. ...
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century, Impressionistic, Repertoire, Recital. Score. 71 pages. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
Contains A Night in the House of Usher Un Jour affreux avec Le Diable dans le beffroi, Les accords de septième regrettent!!!, Petite Valse,Fêtes galantes, and Prélude à ‘L’Histoire de Tristan’
From Robert Orledge's notes:
My interest in the wonderful music of Claude Debussy began in the 1980s when I researched and published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled Debussy and the Theatre. During the course of my studies in Paris, I was amazed to discover that Debussy planned over 50 theatrical works but only finished two of these entirely by himself (the opera Pelléas et Mélisande in 1893–1902 and the ballet Jeux for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1912–13). Of the rest, many were never started musically (like Siddartha and Orphée-roi with the Oriental scholar Victor Segalen, 1907); some had a few tantalising sketches (like the Edgar Allan Poe opera Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1902–03); some were half-finished (like his other Poe opera La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1908–17); while others were musically complete but had their orchestrations completed by other composers (like Khamma, by Charles Koechlin, 1912–13; or Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien and La Boîte à joujoux by his ‘angel of corrections’ [‘l’ange des Corrections’] André Caplet in 1911 and 1919 respectively).
For it has to be admitted that what some scholars call Debussy’s ‘compulsive achievement’ could equally well be viewed as laziness, especially as far as the minute detail required for calligraphing his orchestral scores was concerned. It was as if creating the music itself was of greater importance than controlling its final sound, even if Debussy was an imaginative orchestrator when he found the time and energy to do it. It also seems true that Debussy also preferred inventing ideas to turning them into complete pieces. However, despite the lack of detail in many of his sketches (missing clefs, key signatures, dynamics, phrasing, etc.) the notes themselves are surprisingly accurate, whether or not they can be compared with a later draft. Thus, a large number of sketches exist for his Chinese ballet No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence and it is not too difficult to see which parts of Georges de Feure’s 1913 scenario (see below) inspired which ideas. But Debussy hardly made any attempt to join them together after the first few bars.
It was usually up to his publisher, Jacques Durand, to find solutions when Debussy risked a breach of contract. Debussy was supposed to supervise the orchestrations completed by others, but this supervision was usually very light and restricted to quiet, sensitive moments in which problems were easier to spot. Far from jealously guarding every one of his created notes, as Ravel did, Debussy once even went as far as to ask Koechlin to ‘write a ballet for him that he would sign’ on 26 March 1914 when he was hard-pressed to fulfil his lucrative contract for No-ja-li with André Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre in London. In the end, Debussy (through Durand) sent Charlot the symphonic suite Printemps instead, whose orchestration had been completed by Henri Busser in the Spring of 1912.
So, when I was offered early retirement as Professor of Music at Liverpool University in 2004, I seized the opportunity it would give me to spend time trying to reconstruct some of Debussy’s lost potential masterpieces from his existing sketches and drafts—then orchestrating them in Debussy’s style when this was appropriate. I had begun this mission in 2001 with the most promising project, the missing parts of Scene 2 of La Chute de la Maison Usher and the sheer joy it gave me at every stage persuaded me to tackle other projects, especially when Debussy experts were unable to identify exactly where I took over from Debussy (and vice versa) in Usher.
$38.95 ≈
35.77€
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