Miniature Suite for Small Orchestra

The Suite For Small Orchestra No.1 was composed between 1917 and 1925. This miniature work, comprising an introduction and three national dances, is notable for its prominent rhythms and rich orchestral colouring. <br>Suite No.2 is extremely witty and rhythmically varied. The employment of the piano obligato, tuba, and the colourful application of the percussion instruments are described as particularly original orchestral effects. / Classique / Partition /

Instrumentation : Orchestra Version : study score Description : The première of Daudet's play, L'Arlésienne, with incidental music by Bizet, at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 3 September 1872, was a devastating event for both playwright and composer and the production was removed from the repertory after 19 performances. The critic Johannès Weber, however, was alert to the quality of Bizet's score and suggested that the composer should excerpt and rescore several pieces for the Concerts populaires where 'the lovely music would be better appreciated than at the Vaudeville'. Bizet must have moved rather quickly to follow Weber's suggestion, for the première of the first Arlésienne suite took place only six weeks later at the Concerts populaires on 1 November 1872 and the work in its new abridged form was soon taken up by many other orchestras. Thus, before his death in June 1875, Bizet had the satisfaction that his suite from L'Arlésienne was played by all the major concert societies in Paris and it has remained firmly in the concert and recorded repertoire ever since. Contenu : Preface - Editorial Notes - Vorwort - Revisionsbericht - Préface - Notes éditoriales - Textual Notes - Orchestration/Orchesterbesetzung/Instrumentation - I. Prélude - II. Minuetto - III. Adagietto - IV. Carillon Nombre de pages : 100 Collection : Eulenburg Miniature Scores Format : ETP small

Suite from the Ballet Instrumentation : orchestra Version : study score Contenu : Preface - Vorwort - Suite: - I. Ouverture miniature - II. Danses charactéristiques - a) Marche - b) Danse de la Fée-Dragée - c) Danse russe Trepak - d) Danse Arabe - e) Danse Chinoise - f) Danse des Mirlitons - III. Valse des Fleurs Nombre de pages : 152 Collection : Eulenburg Miniature Scores Format : ETP small