Par FAURE GABRIEL. This volume of 'oeuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré” contains Fauré's four secular choral works in their orchestral arrangements, namely 'Les Djinns”, 'La Naissance de Vénus”, 'Madrigal”, and 'Pavane”. These works were composed between 1876 and 1887 - thereafter Fauré wrote choral compositions based only on sacred texts. The first three works are presented here for the first time in a full score edition, previously having been published only in their versions with piano accompaniment. This edition is therefore the first to present the works with an authoritative musical text based on the careful study of the sources. 'Les Djinns” (1876-76) for mixed choir and orchestra is based on the famous poem by Victor Hugo first published in the collection 'Les Orientales”, while 'La Naissance de Vénus” (1882) for soloists, choir and orchestra is based on a text by Paul Collin. 'Madrigal”, the orchestral version of which cannot be dated with certainty (around 1891, for a quartet of soloists or choir) has been composed after a poem by Armand Silvestre, and the famous 'Pavane”, originally composed for orchestra and only later supplemented with a text by Symbolist poet Robert de Montesquiou, is presented here in an elegant, graceful version with mixed choir. / Date parution : 2019-06-20/ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre

Gabriel Fauré composa cette oeuvre d'une étonnante maturité musicale en 1864, à l'âge de 19 ans. Elle lui valut son premier prix de composition à l'école Niedermeyer, couronnement de 10 années d'études.On trouve une grande sincérité dans cette partition de jeunesse, et qui ne fut précédée que de quelques romances et autres petites pièces pour piano. Les écrits de Fauré nous prouvent que ce sont bien les textes choisis, latins ou français, qui inspiraient en premier lieu sa musique religieuse. Ici, Fauré a parfaitement su capter l'atmosphère du poème de Jean Racine dans une ferveur toute contenue.Gabriel FAURE a réalisé plusieurs versions de son Cantique. La version à 4 voix mixtes, en ré bémol majeur a été transposée en ré majeur, ce qui lui confère une plus grande clarté. Le compositeur a adapté sa pièce pour voix d'enfants et orgue, lorsqu'il était maître de chapelle à l'église de la Madeleine à Paris. Ces fonctions de maître de chapelle étaient lourdes, les cérémonies nombreuses, avec une partie musicale importante. La direction de la Maîtrise d'enfants, les répétitions demandaient une grande dépense d'énergie et beaucoup de patience ! En 1919 FAURE écrit à sa femme : ' Je n'ai jamais été bon pour le travail le matin, sauf pour les besognes de mercenaire, maîtrise, orgue etc? '.Cette pièce universellement connue et appréciée peut être chantée aisément par tous les choeurs. / Choeur (SATB) Et Piano / 12 pages / Partition

SAM-Klang. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Le Requiem de Gabriel Fauré est sans doute l’œuvre chorale la plus connue et la plus fréquemment interprétée de la fin du XIXe siècle et du début du XXe siècle. En tant que chef de chœur et organiste, Fauré a cherché à façonner une nouvelle musique religieuse, loin du bel canto qui régnait à Paris et du style romantique allemande plébiscité qui dominait une grande partie du paysage musical européen. Son style musical distinctif a constitué la base de l’école impressionniste de Debussy et Ravel (son élève) qui a suivi. Avec des versions pour église (1893) ou salle de concert (1900), le Requiem est une œuvre quasi unique en son genre par sa sobriété, notamment en raison de l’omission d’une Séquence complète du ‘Dies irae’ et de la finale séraphique ‘In Paradisum’. L’œuvre fait sienne la conviction de Fauré selon laquelle la mort doit être considérée “comme une heureuse délivrance, une aspiration vers le bonheur céleste, plutôt qu’une expérience douloureuse”. Cette réduction pour piano présentée ici est fidèle à l’édition de Desmond Ratcliffe publiée par Novello en 1975. Le tempo original de Fauré et les subtilités de la dynamique ont été conservés, bien que certaines des marques de respiration originales du compositeur, aujourd’hui considérées comme superflues dans les partitions contemporaines, aient été supprimées. Les passages pour voix de ténor dans l’Introit et l’Agnus Dei peuvent être chantés par toutes les voix basses lorsque cela est possible. Si non, le passage peut être chanté par un ensemble de voix masculines plus aiguës et d’altos. Note éditoriale : De par sa conception, cette édition SAM-Klang propose un défi de circonstance en proposant un niveau de chant légèrement plus élevé que dans la version SATB originale. À certains endroits, une subtile redistribution des entrées vocales dans les sections polyphoniques a été nécessaire. Néanmoins, l’accompagnement orchestral original peut être utilisé sans restriction avec cette version, et l’œuvre peut tout aussi bien être interprétée avec piano. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / SAM et Piano

Fassung für Sinfonieorchester. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Version for symphony orchestra: 60 min; Church version: 35 min Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48 for SATB and Piano. Version for Symphony orchestra. The Requiem of Gabriel Fauré is undoubtedly the most important opus among the sacred works of this French master. Beginning with the first performances during the composer?s lifetime, it is one of those works whose popularity has never waned. In the absence of an autograph score, a new edition of this work posed a challenge in two important respects: on the one hand, to present an edition faithful to the often contradictory sources, and on the other, to render a clear and meaningful musical text of the work. / Musique religieuse / Répertoire / Solistes SBar, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières,

Gabriel Fauré's Chanson De Mélisande for Soprano and Orchestra. Reduction for Voice and Piano. 'An enchanted dream' ' poet Charles Van Leberghe's words give us an idea of the audience's enthusiasm at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Piccadilly on June 21st, 1898, when the first English language performance of Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck was performed, with incidental music by Gabriel Fauré. The composer had tasked his favourite student, Charles Koechlin, with orchestrating the score. The London theatre's small number of musicians suited the apprentice musician's ideals of clarity and transparency. It was 1936 before Koechlin returned to La Chanson de Mélisande, this time to create a version with orchestra, published the following year as a Piano-Vocal score. Using autograph manuscripts, Roger Nichols and Otfrid Nies have created a new edition of the Piano-Vocal reduction that includes the text of the melody in English, French and German. The score contains the 1898 and 1936 variations, as well as an informative preface by Otfrid Nies.

Par FAURE GABRIEL / SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. A delightful collection of French romantic gems, including settings of 'Ave Maria', 'Ave Verum' and 'Tantum Ergo' by both composers. This book also includes a detailed and informative introduction. Arranged for SA Choir with Organ or Piano accompaniment. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / SA

This collection of French Songs and Choruses includes a wealth of original choral music by French composers, as well as many wonderful arrangements of some of the greatest French songs ever composed. Suitable for Mixed-Voice Choirs of all sizes and abilities, this is the perfect collection for finding new performance pieces, but would work equally well as a complete concert programme. The selections in this songbook are second-to-none, with some of the most beautiful and affecting French choral music compiled into one volume. Many original works are included here, with these choral compositions by giants of French classical music often being regarded as some of their finest work. Pieces like Madrigal by Gabriel Fauré, a new edition of Maurice Ravel's incredible Trois Chansons, Camille Saint-Saëns's Calme Des Nuits and Trinquons as well as Reynaldo Hahn's three Rondels, originally written for SATB choir. French Songs And Choruses also features a great many arrangements of works that have been enjoyed by choirs and singers for many years. The harmonies of songs like Chanson D'Amour by Gabriel Fauré convey just how stunning a song this is to hear as well as to sing, while others like Debussy's Beau Soir offer a similarly beautiful take on a different theme. With all of these songs, the joy will be in careful selection, fantastic practice and the thrill of performance for you and your audience. Such a grand selection of Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choirs is sure to enhance or invigorate your choir's repertoire, giving you an enjoyable introduction to the finest choral music that France has to offer. The delightful arrangements of the carefully-selected French Songs And Choruses included in this collection will make a perfectly French-flavoured addition to your general repertoire, or simply a complete concert in itself. The clear and accurate engravings make this book a pleasure to dip in and out of in your search for the perfect song, and with so many great compositions included, we're sure you'll find it! Please note that most of the lyrics are in French, but translations are included that also serve the purpose of enhancing your understanding of such poetic music./ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Piano

Numbering more than 100 in total, and composed across a 60-year period, Gabriel Fauré's songs form the single most influential contribution to the field of French art song. Despite their importance, the songs have long been riddled with misprints and inconsistencies. This first complete critical edition is based on study of hundreds of manuscript and printed sources, along with evidence and interpretative advice from artists who worked with Fauré. Above all, it is a practical edition, informed by extensive work with musicians in performances, masterclasses and workshops. This second volume comprises the songs of Fauré's creative maturity, including popular favourites (Les Roses d'Ispahan, Clair de lune) alongside some lesser-known gems, together with his three vocal duets and the delightful four-voice Madrigal. / Voix Haute Et Piano

Gabriel Fauré's seventeen settings of the poetry of Paul Verlaine mark the biggest single stylistic leap of his compositional career, and arguably one of the high points of the entire art song repertoire. The present edition contains the three individual settings Claire de lune, Spleen and Prison together with the op. 58 'Venetian? songs and the magnificient cycle La Bonne Chanson.With its focus both practical and scholarly, this new Complete Edition of songs aims to encourage creative, confident and wellinformed performance. Founded on study of hundreds of manuscripts and printed sources, it has been tested internationally in masterclasses, workshops, seminars, concerts and recordings. In this it takes a lead from the composer, who prepared his own editions on the basis fo performing experience. The edition also assimilates interpretative insights from musicians who worked with Fauré, as well as from his documented performing preferences. / Voix Hautes Et Piano

Il s'agit d'une collection des plus célèbres chansons de Fauré. Leçons de diction ont été enregistrées par l'entraîneur, chef d'orchestre et spécialiste de la diction Pierre Vallet. La diction pour chaque chanson est enregistrée deux fois : d'abord récité comme un acteur il parlerait, montrant l'écoulement de la langue et l'humeur, suivie d'une leçon, lente et délibérée, permettant à temps pour l'étudiant de répéter à chaque ligne. Cet entraîneur de langue expérimentés s'adapte la ' R 'en français dans les versions lentes comme recommandé pour les chanteurs classiques. Il est également très sensible aux liaisons entre les sons de la parole dans les milieux musicaux. / Chant Et Piano

'Mélodies' de Gabriel Fauré pour chant et piano. Inclus un CD avec playbacks. / Voix Et Piano / Partition

'When Gabriel Fauré was appointed Director of the Paris Conservatoire in 1905, one of his most pressing concerns - and first achievements - was a complete reform of the teaching of singing. He was determined to introduce mandatory study of art song, along with 'exercises developing vocal suppleness, articulation, and voice placement and production, which are the basis of singing teaching'. To this end, between 1906 and 1916 he composed a substantial body of accompanied vocalises for use in the Conservatoire's sight-singing examinations. For a century these vocalises - all but one now held in the Archives nationales de France in Paris - have lain unknown to the musical world at large. Their first publication here marks a major event for the vocal teaching repertoire (as well as some entrancing music)- a marvellous resource of skilfully devised vocal exercises ranging from elementary to advanced virtuoso level, all from one of history's greatest song composers.'- Roy Howat / Voix Et Piano

Par FAURE GABRIEL. Being such a prolific composer, particularly for Vocal and Piano works, Gabriel Faure 's music is always addressed with high expectations. His Les Djinns for SATB choir and Piano is no exception. Faure (1845-1924) began receiving high quality musical instruction from age 10 at the Niedermeyer School. He eventually became a piano pupil of Camille Saint-Saë ns. Faure 's career saw him succeed Theodore Dubois as organist at the Church of Madeleine in Paris and become professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire, all the while composing sublime works. Les Djinns waswritten towards the beginning of the composer's career and is based on the poem of the same name by Victor Hugo. The poem depicts the sounds of the night. Each stanza becomes gradually longer as the text climaxes, and shortens again with the anticlimax, creating an arch form. Faure mimics this in his music through use of structure, dynamics and the texture of the Piano accompaniment. With Faure 's music remaining hugely popular to this day, Les Djinns is a favourite for the choral repertoire./ Répertoire / Choeur à 4 Voix et Piano

Par FAURE GABRIEL. Being a significant contributor to French romantic music, Faure 's Tantum Ergo, Op. 65, No. 2, is essential to all female choirs. Containing a variety of characteristics, this work contains many aspects of the romantic era. Known predominantly for his contributions to vocal repertoire, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) is often regarded as the master of the French art song, frequently choosing to compose his songs to the writings of Victor Hugo and other prominent poets of the time. However, his religious works also remain popular, such as Tantum Ergo for three voice female choir. Containing manycharacteristics of French romantic music, this Faure work cannot be missed by aspiring female choirs./ Répertoire / Soprano Solo/2 Soprani/Contralto et Orgue

Par FAURE GABRIEL / MESSAGER. Andre Messager (1853-1929) was a composition and Piano pupil of Gabriel Faure (1845-1924). They collaborated during the summer of 1881 to compose Messe Des Pêcheurs De Villerville and the first performance was in aid of the fisherman's charitable association. The Mass comprises five movements; 1) Kyrie, 2) Gloria Benedictus, 3) Sanctus, 4) O Salutaris, and 5) Agnus Dei. Messe Des Pêcheurs De Villerville is a Missa Brevis for female choir accompanied by chamber orchestra. Given its specific arrangement for female voices, Faure and Messager 's Messe Des Pêcheurs De Villerville is an ideal and alternative performance work./ Répertoire / Choeur de Femmes et Orchestre