Woodwind Quintet (Score)
- Grade 4
SKU:
HL.4008651
Double
Qind Quintet, Grade 4,
9:00 Score. Composed
by Franco Cesarini.
Editions Franco Cesarini.
Classical. Softcover.
Duration 540 seconds. Hal
Leonard #EFC007-SC.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008651).
UPC:
196288189763.
The
procession of King Renaud
Op. 19b is a suite in
five parts and is based
on tales that originated
in southern European folk
songs, dating back as far
as the 16th century. A
large portion of these
songs are of the genre
“Complaintesâ€
, songs in which the text
gives a detailed
description of events of
a generally criminal or
macabre character. The
first movement of the
suite is based on the
song La porcheronne (The
Swineherd). It tells the
story of a young woman
forced by her
mother-in-law to tend
pigs while her husband is
away fighting in the war.
She is freed only when
her husband returns,
seven years later. The
second movement tells the
story of La marquise
empoisonnée (The
Poisoned Marquise). A
marquise is coerced by
her king to become his
mistress. The jealous
queen poisons her by
means of a bouquet of
deadly scented flowers.
Despite having the
character of a merry
dance, the third
movement, La maumariée
vengée (The Avenged
Bride) tells the touching
story of Queen Clotilde,
persecuted for her
refusal to live according
to Aryan beliefs.La belle
engloutie (The Swallowed
Beauty) relates the tale
of the young wife of King
Renaud. She cannot
imagine a life without
her husband, who was
mortally wounded in the
war, and begs the earth
to open and swallow her
up so that she may rejoin
her love. The gruesome
content of the final
part, Le tueur de femmes
(The Wife Killer), bears
a strong resemblance to
the tale of Bluebeard.
The story is about a
young wife in danger of
being drowned in a pond
by her husband, which is
what happened to her 13
predecessors. Thanks to
her cunning, she manages
to turn the tables and
contrive her husband's
demise.