SKU: CF.WF228
ISBN 9781491153529. 9 x 12 inches.
Compiled and edited by Amy Porter, Treasures for Flute and Piano is acollection of Philippe Gaubert’s shorter works for flute and piano. Gaubertwas a multi-talented musician, a marvelous flutist as well as a composer,teacher, and master conductor. Over his lifetime, he became one of the mostimportant musical figures in France between the World Wars in the first halfof the 20th century. Trained in theory and harmony at the Paris Conservatory,Gaubert was also deeply influenced by other composers at the time, includingDebussy, Fauré, and Dukas. Editor Amy Porter is a distinguished Professorat The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and hasbeen praised by critics for her exceptional musical talent and her passion forscholarship. This edition represents eleven of the sixteen works from AmyPorter and Dr. Penelope Fischer’s video study guide, “The Gaubert Cycle: TheComplete Works for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubertâ€.Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941) was a very important teacher and flutist in our classical flute playing lineage. In this edition we have gathered his beautiful, shorter compositions for flute and piano all in one place, to be cherished as “Gaubert’s Treasures.â€Philippe Gaubert personified the modern French school of flute playing as introduced by his teacher Paul Taffanel (1844–1908) at the Paris Conservatory. Gaubert was a multitalented musician, a marvelous flutist as well as a gifted composer, teacher and master conductor. Over his lifetime he became one of the most important musical figures in France between the World Wars in the first half of the twentieth century. Gaubert’s musical andpedagogical gifts to us are passed along through generations of students and continue to touch the hearts of many who listen to his fine, and refined, music.Philippe Gaubert studied composition at the Paris Conservatory with Raoul Pugno, Xavier Leroux, and then for a brief time with Charles Lenepvu. It was after this study that he won the famous Prix de Rome second prize in composition. Even with his schooling of theory and harmony in Paris, he was deeply influenced by other composers of the time, namely Debussy, Fauré and Dukas. Between the years of 1905–1914 Gaubert’s early workswere arrangements and short pieces written for the year-end final exam pieces at the Conservatory.Between 1914–1918 Gaubert served in the French Army during World War I, most notably in the battle of Verdun in 1916. This was considered one of the largest battles against the Germans in WWI. He was wounded but his creativity level was not dampened. He was rewarded for his service and awarded medals for his bravery. It was during this time that he found the energy to compose his Deux Esquisses or 2 Scenes, and sketched out his first flute sonata.Gaubert composed his remaining five flute and piano works after 1922 in Paris, and clearly his poetic soul was transformed from the earlier years. He took in new forms and styles of compositions such as a Suite, a Ballade and a Sonatine. He also completed his Second and Third Sonatas for Flute and Piano, all of them dramatic works in terms of compositional techniques and grandeur of tone.Gaubert composed music easily throughout his lifetime, especially during summer breaks when the orchestra and Paris Opera seasons were on hiatus and he was not conducting. He loved literature and poetry which inspired over thirty vocal works from 1903 through 1938.He also wrote twenty-six instrumental chamber works for other instruments: oboe, cornet, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, harp and combinations of these instruments with piano. Some of these were commissioned jury pieces, but many were for his musician friends.Six full-length stage works, both ballets and operas for the stage, several tone poems and symphonies were written throughout his lifetime.This edition represents eleven out of the sixteen works from our video study guide “The Gaubert Cycle: The Complete Works for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert†with guest pianist Tim Carey. Omitted in this edition are Sonatas Nos. 1–3, Ballade, and Sonatine.
SKU: IS.FP4175EM
ISBN 9790365041756.
Jozef (Jef) Schampaert's 1952 Notturno e Danza (Nocturne and Danse) for flute and piano, written as a concours piece for the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Belgium, is a bit of a curious beast. While the rest of the Belgian school was experimenting with a return to lush romanticism (Alpaerts, Maes, and the musical progeny of Benoit), or beginning to prod the tonal bounds of listenable 12-tone and serialism (Constant and Verbesselt), Schampaert took towards a different sound: that of the Impressionists, transmuted through his distinctly Flemish touch. The Nocturne and Danse is no exception. The core of the Nocturne is a relatively straightforward melody, but it's quickly pulled apart into Debussyian fragments and melodic cells - a rhapsody in miniature, with touches of Ibert's stranger runs and figures through. The Danse retains a clearer sense of melody, but one that's even closer to Debussy and Ravel - grace notes and intertwined, changing runs are integral melodic material, by turns dark then playful. A small cadenza again touches on a sense of Ibert before the piece is brought to a quiet close.
SKU: BT.XYZ1192
ISBN 9789043153119.
Debussy was asked by his friend Gabriel Mourey to provide a score for his adaptation of the Psyche myth. Although at first reluctant, Debussy did eventually write a short incidental work for Mourey's play; Syrinx,which is scored for Solo Flute.
SKU: HL.48181113
UPC: 888680862053. 9x12 inches.
The Little Negro was originally composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) for piano in 1909. The purpose was to write a great work that could also played by children. Eugène Bozza made the piece even more accessible in 1984 by arranging it for wind quintet. The Little Negro is marked Allegro and begins with a theme modelled on ragtime music, a style which was very popular at the time of composition. Jazz influences, the C major key signature, 2/4 meter and upbeat features make for an exciting and accessible piece for all the ensemble. Bozza's arrangement of Debussy's The Little Negro for a wind quintet made up of flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and horn is a thrilling addition to the repertoire.
SKU: FH.FLE01
ISBN 978-1-55440-300-4.
Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental repertoire and supporting materials such as Studies, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study.This compilation of standard orchestral passages for flute is an indispensable resource for the developing years and beyond. Teachers and students will find this unrivalled volume essential for examination or audition preparation.Slavonic Dances, op. 46, no. 1 Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): II Franz Joseph Haydn Le carnaval des animaux: Aquarium Camille Saint-Saens HMS Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup Arthur Sullivan La forza del destino: Overture Giuseppe Verdi Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Va godendo vezzoso e bello George Frideric Handel Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): III Franz Joseph Haydn Ma Vlast: II Bedrich Smetana HMS Pinafore: When I Was a Lad Arthur Sullivan Nutcracker Suite: Overture Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral): III Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 (New World): I Antonin Dvorak Faust: Soldier's Chorus Charles Gounod Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: I Edvard Grieg Symphony No. 102 in B flat Major: I Franz Joseph Haydn Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: III Johann Sebastian Bach Carmen: La garde montante Georges Bizet Petite suite: Ballet IV Claude Debussy Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): IV Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K 550: III Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 5: IV Ludwig van Beethoven Carmen: Act 1, Prelude Georges Bizet Faust Ballet Music: Danse antique Charles Gounod Symphony No. 102 in B flat Major: IV Franz Joseph Haydn Scheherazade, op. 35: IV Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral): I, II Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonie fantastique: V Hector Berlioz Die Zauberfloete: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bolero Maurice Ravel Scheherazade, op. 35: I Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: I Johann Sebastian Bach Symphonie fantastique: I Hector Berlioz Carmen: Entr'acte (Prelude) Georges Bizet Symphony No. 1 in C Minor: IV Johannes Brahms Die Zauberfloete: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 8 in G Major: IV Antonin Dvorak Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72a Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 4 in E Minor: IV Johannes BrahmsLa mer: I, II, III Claude DebussySymphony No. 4 (Italian): IV Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 (Classical): II Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major (Eroica): IV Ludwig van Beethoven Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Claude Debussy Sinfonie Mathis der Maler: I, II Paul Hindemith Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo Felix Mendelssohn Petroushka (1947 revision): Part 1 Igor Stravinsky Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: III Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Capriccio espagnol, op. 34: IV Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovSymphony No. 1 (Classical): IV Sergei Prokofiev Concerto for Orchestra: I, II, III, IV, V Bela Bartok Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber: II, III Paul Hindemith Das Lied von der Erde: VI Gustav Mahler Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 Sergei Prokofiev Le carnaval des animaux: 10. Voliere Camille Saint-Saens Daphnis et Chloe: Troisieme partie Maurice Ravel Guillaume Tell: Overture Gioachino Rossini Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Richard Strauss Firebird Suite (1919 version) Igor Stravinsky Symphony No. 9: IV Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Orchestra: III Bela Bartok Scheherezade, op. 35: IV Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Semiramide: Overture Gioachino Rossini Symphony No. 5, op. 47: I, II Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental Repertoire and supporting materials such as Etudes, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study and is the official series for those using The Royal Conservatory Music Development program.
SKU: HL.49044897
ISBN 9790001192200. UPC: 841886019935. 9.25x12.0x0.096 inches.
The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner with whom Debussy had a rather ambiguous relationship.The present arrangement now allows musicians to play the popular movement in a version for melodic instrument with accompaniment.
SKU: HL.48184326
UPC: 888680848163. 9x12 inches.
Claude Achille Debussy: Le Petit Nègre (Flute & Guitar).
SKU: PR.ZM32850