Violin, Viola, Cello, Double
Bass - Advanced Intermediate
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Composed by Jean Phillipe
Rameau. Baroque Period,
Repertoire, European, Easter,
Recital. Score, Set of Parts.
9 pages. Published by Arte
Nova Music LabLes Indes Galantes (French: "The Amorous Indies") is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Louis Fuzelier. It takes the form of an opra-ballet with a prologue and (in its final form) four entres (acts). Following an allegorical prologue, the four entres have distinct and separate plots, but are unified by the theme of love in exotic places (The Ottoman Empire, Peru, Persia, and North America). The most famous pieces from the work, Danse des Sauvages and the final Chaconne, come from the final entre (Les sauvages).
The premiere, including only the prologue and the first two of its four entres (acts), was staged by the Acadmie Royale de Musique at itstheatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on 23 August 1735, starring the leading singers of the Opra, Marie Antier, Marie Plissier, Mlle Errmans, Mlle Petitpas, Denis-Franois Tribou, Pierre Jlyotte, and Claude-Louis-Dominique Chass de Chinais, and the dancers Marie Sall and Louis Dupr. Michel Blondy provided the choreography. The ballet's Premier Menuet was used in the soundtrack of the 2006 film Marie Antoinette.
The Sauvages: The stage shows a grove in a forest in America, on the borders of the French and Spanish colonies, where the ceremony of the Peace Pipe is about to be celebrated
Adario, a Native American, is in love with Zima, daughter of a native chief, but he fears the rivalry of the Spaniard Don Alvar and the Frenchman Damon (Air: Rivaux des mes exploits, rivaux des mes amours). The Europeans plead with Zima for her love, but she says Damon is too fickle and Alvar is too jealous; she prefers the natural love shown by Adario (Air: Sur nos bords l'amour vole) and the couple vow to marry (Duet: Hymen, viens nous unir d'une chane ternelle). The act ends with the Europeans joining the natives in the ceremony of peace (Chorus: Forts paisibles).
Taken fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Indes_galantes
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