Massenet, Jules - Elegy Clarinet solo |
Composer : | Massenet, Jules (1842 - 1912) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Clarinet solo | ||||
Style : | Classical | ||||
Arranger : | Lewis, Alastair (1974 - ) | ||||
Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
Copyright : | Copyright © A. Lewis | ||||
Added by alastair-lewis, 23 May 2011 This French composer was born near the city of Saint-Étienne, in the Loire. At the age of six his family moved to Paris due to his father's ill-health. In the French capital Massenet's mother started teaching piano, he was one of her pupils. During his musical studies he worked as a timpanist at the Théâtre Lyrique, and also as a pianist in the Café de Belleville. Some of his teachers did not think him suited to a career in music, but he persevered and at the age of twenty he won the coveted "Grand Prix de Rome" prize with his composition the cantata "David Rizzio". Élégie is a piece featured in the theatre work Les Érinnyes by Jules Massenet. It debuted in France in 1873. This clarinet piece is a solo arrangement of the piece Élégie. Duration : 1 minute Sheet central : | Élégie (24 sheet music) | |
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