SKU: CA.1040221

ISBN 9790007311223. Key: F sharp minor. French. Text: Montesquiou-Fezenzac, Robert de.

Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane is one of his most popular compositions. What is less known, however, is that the premiere of this stylized dance in April 1888 was actually performed in this present version for mixed choir rather than in the now more familiar orchestral version or instrumental arrange­ments. The text, in the style of Verlaine, sketches the carefree society of the Belle Époque, in particular the various flirtations and dalliances of the dancers. Based on Fauré’s autograph score, this new Carus edition reflects the original (faster) tempo marking. In addition to the composer’s revised piano reduction, Carus is also publishing a modern version for choir and four hands (Carus 10.402/10). Score and part available separately - see item CA.1040200.

SKU: BA.BA09388-22

ISBN 9790006566983. 41.8 x 29.2 cm inches.

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) is best known as a composer of songs, the Requiem, several pieces of chamber of music and the Pavane. The OEuvres completes de Gabriel Faure, published by Barenreiter since 2010, has taken on the task of displaying his music in all its variety to a new listening public. Now the eighth volume has appeared in print: Jean-Michel Nectoux' thematic catalogue.

With 201 entries in chronological order, the catalogue lists every known work by this French composer. The entries, each with its new 'N' number, provide information on opus numbers (those assigned during Faure's lifetime), scoring, key, musical incipit, text incipit, text source, manuscript sources, date of origin, dedicatees, date of first performance, relationships to publishers, printed editions, authorial and non-authorial arrangements (if any), commentary and bibliographic references. No fewer than six indices make the volume easy to search.

The thematic catalogue (Catalogue Nectoux) will soon prove to be an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in Faure and the music of his era. It is a distillation of Nectoux' scholarly efforts of the past 50 years, the result of his journeys to every library where Faure's manuscripts are preserved - and a milestone of French musical scholarship.