 | Grétry, André - "Veillons, mes Soeurs" from "Zémire et Azor" for Violin, Viola & Piano Violin, Viola, Piano |
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| Composer : | Grétry, André (1741 - 1813) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Violin, Viola, Piano | ||||
| Style : | Romantic | ||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
| Date : | 1771 | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 14 Aug 2014 André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741 -- 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques. "Zémire et Azor" (Zémire and Azor) is an opéra comique, described as a comédie-ballet mêlée de chants et de danses, in four acts by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean François Marmontel based on La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast) by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, and Amour pour amour by P. C. Nivelle de La Chaussé. The opera includes the famous coloratura display piece La Fauvette in which the soprano imitates birdsong. The "Veillons, mes Soeurs" ("Let us, my sisters") is from Act II Scene I of "Zémire et Azor" with this arrangement featuring a Violin & Viola duet with an Acoustic Piano accompainment. Sheet central : | Zémire et Azor (13 sheet music) | | |||
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