Czardas for Xylophone

This unusual work for tuned percussion is an arrangement of Monti's only famous work Czardas which is played by almost every gypsy orchestra.

Vittorio Monti was born on January 6 1868 in Naples (Italy). His musical education (violin and composition) he enjoyed at the conservatory there. Around his 30's Monti went to Paris. He earned a living as a conductor and wrote several ballets and operettas. In his last years Monti died in 1922 he devoted himself to teaching and composing. His famous 'Czardas' has made his name known even today. Initially the czardas was a Hungarian folk dance but after the mid-nineteenth century it was even a dance for the upper-class. Czardas begins with a slow introduction the Lassan (slow and sad) and then the fast part Friska follows. Czardas is not as somany people think typical gypsy music.

Vittorio Monti was born on January 6 1868 in Naples (Italy). His musical education (violin and composition) he enjoyed at the conservatory there. Around his 30's Monti went to Paris. He earned a living as a conductor and wrote several ballets and operettas. In his last years Monti died in 1922 he devoted himself to teaching and composing. His famous 'Czardas' has made his name known even today. Initially the czardas was a Hungarian folk dance but after the mid-nineteenth century it was even a dance for the upper-class. Czardas begins with a slow introduction the Lassan (slow and sad) and then the fast part Friska follows. Czardas is not as somany people think typical gypsy music.

Vittorio Monti was born on January 6 1868 in Naples (Italy). His musical education (Violin and composition) he enjoyed at the conservatory there. Around his 30's Monti went to Paris. He earned a living as a conductor and wrote several ballets and operettas. In his last years before his death in 1922 Monti devoted himself to teaching and composing. His famous 'Czardas' has made his name known even today.Initially the Czardas was a Hungarian folk dance but after the mid-nineteenth century it was even a dance for the upper-class. Czardas begins with a slow introduction the Lassan (slow and sad) and then the fast part Friska follows. Czardas is not as so many people think typical gypsy music.

Tout le monde connaît la célèbre Czárdás de Vittorio Monti dans sa version pour violon et piano. Désormais il existe une version pour xylophone et Orchestre d?Harmonie. L?enregistrement de la partie soliste a été réalisé par le percussionniste flamand Patrick De Smet devenu célèbre pour son interprétation (les yeux bandés !) de l?œuvre Circus Renz au festival « Night of the Proms ».

Tout le monde connaît la célèbre Czárdás de Vittorio Monti dans sa version pour violon et piano. Désormais il existe une version pour xylophone et Fanfare. L?enregistrement de la partie soliste a été réalisé par le percussionniste flamand Patrick De Smet devenu célèbre pour son interprétation (les yeux bandés !) de l?œuvre Circus Renz au festival « Night of the Proms ».