Sicilienne: Cello: Instrumental Work

Fauré initially wrote the Sicilienne as indicental music to Molière's 'Bourgeois gentilhomme' for small-scale string orchestra. In 1898 he wrote an arrangement for violoncello and piano which enjoys great popularity and belongs to the standard Romantic cello repertoire. Our new edition contains fingerings and bowing marks by Maria Kliegel.

Initially written by Couperin this set of Pièces En Concert was reviewed and commented by Paul Bazelaire a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. This Cello and Piano version written for intermediate or upper intermediate players includes 5 pieces:  - Prélude - Sicilienne - La Tromba - Plainte - Air de Diable Written in increasing difficulty these pieces also exist in a version for Cello and String Quartet. François Couperin is a very famous French composer who played the Harpsichord and the Organ. Coming from afamous family of musicians he was nicknamed “Couperin le Grand” ('Couperin the Great').

Edition no.:BA9695 ISMN:9790006536580 Volume / Series:Bärenreiters Cello Collection Editor:Sassmannshaus, Christoph Instrumentation of the work:Violoncello, Piano Product format:Piano reduction, Part(s), Teaching material Includes the following individual parts:Violoncello, Piano Binding:Stapled Pages / Format:32/64 S. - 30,0 x 23,0 cm In the line with the series Bärenreiter's Concert Pieces which comprises editions geared towards young violinists, we are now publishing a separate collection for young cellists playing their first concerts. This edition contains 18 easy-to-learn concert pieces from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods including Dvorák?s Humoresque , Mendelssohn Bartholdy?s Song without Words , Fauré?s Berceuse and The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns. The editor is Christoph Sassmannshaus, the grandson of the founder of The Sassmannshaus tradition , Egon Sassmannshaus. - Pieces for solo cello with piano accompaniment - Easy to medium difficulty - Ideal repertoire for cellists who have completed Early Start on the Cello, volumes 3 and 4 (BA 8998, BA 8999) A selection: Simonetti, Madrigal / Beethoven, Minuet / Dvorák, Humoresque / Wolf, Wiegenlied / Goltermann, Notturno / Klengel, Sarabande / Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without Words / Fauré, Sicilienne / Saint-Saëns, The Swan