 | Massenet, Jules - "Mélodie" for Harp Opus 10 No. 5 Harp |
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| Composer : | Massenet, Jules (1842 - 1912) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Harp2 other versions | ||||
| Style : | Romantic | ||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
| Date : | 1866 | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 19 Aug 2012 Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (1842 ? 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas fell into almost total oblivion. Apart from Manon and Werther, his works were rarely performed. The "Mélodie pourie Violoncelle" by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was perhaps one of the most popular melodies in Europe of the fin de sicle, the last decades of the nineteenth century, often referred to as the Belle Epoque. Massenet originally composed it in 1866 for a piano cycle titled Pieces de Genre, Op. 10 No 5. In 1872, he incorporated the piece into Les Erinnyes (The Furies), a play by Leconte de Lisle. The sorrowful melody for muted cello became a solo piece entitled Melodie-Elogie and was arranged numerous times for many instruments and instrumental ensembles. At some point it was adapted to the lyrics doux printemps d'autrefois by Louis Gallet (1698?-1757). Although this piece was originally written for Cello and Piano, Gabriel Verdalle arrarranged this work for solo Concert (Pedal) Harp. Sheet central : | 10 Pièces de genre - Op.10 (18 sheet music) | | |||
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