Edition : Paris, l'Auteur, Bayard, Leclerc, s.d. (=1744)Pièces à deux instruments égaux, particulièrement deux flûtes seules, de différents auteurs, dont Blavet. Certaines pièces suivies de variations.Présentation par Jean SaintArroman : Utilisation pédagogique des pièces.Ces trois recueils de pièces à deux flûtes seules, offrent un panorama de la musique du milieu du XVIIIe siècle en France, avec l'ajout de quelques airs étrangers. Les pièces sont de difficultés variées. Les phrasés sont très bien indiqués, et l'agrémentation, détaillée dans l'introduction, est très représentative du classicisme français. / Musique De Chambre / 96 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 23.5 X 31.5

Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Here the fourths, springing from an entirely different expressive urge, shape themselves into a defi nite horn theme, spread themselves out architectonically over the whole piece, and place their stamp on everything that happens. Thus it turns out that they do not appear here merely as melody or as a purely impressionistic chord effect; their character permeates the total harmonic structure, and they are chords like all others.' (Arnold Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, 1911) The Chamber Symphony Op.9 heralded a breakthrough in Schoenberg's compositional style. While the work did not go hand in hand with the complete destruction of the old tonal system it does show an extension in chordal and melodic constructions. It's focus on the interval of the fourth rather than the third is stated right at the start with the horn fanfare and this leads into the use of the whole tone scale soon after. These two elements open up a new sound space which he would explore further in the works to follow. Certainly not a work to be missing from any library where contemporary music is one of the main focuses./ Répertoire / Ensemble de Musique de Chambre

Symphonies. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This edition unites all the purely instrumental and dance numbers from one of Rameau?s most popular operas, along with those from his last one-act opéra-ballet ?Io?, which was left unfinished at the time of his death. ?Platée? is the setting of a libretto by Jacques Autreau that Rameau arranged to be adapted for his own purposes, especially with regard to comic effects. In grotesque form, it shows Jupiter curing his wife Juno of her jealousy by feigning a marriage of love with the ugly swamp nymph Platée. Faced with such a ludicrous rival, Juno is forced to admit that her suspicions were unfounded. The opera was premièred in Versailles in 1745 for the wedding of the Dauphin Louis and Maria Theresia of Spain. The performance was a fiasco, however, for the coarse comedy and bizarre characters were deemed inappropriate by the wedding audience. It was not until 1749 in Paris that ?Platée? achieved its breakthrough, becoming Rameau?s greatest triumph to date. Another version with an altered text was performed from 1754 on. The plot of the fragmentary ?Io? deals with the amorous relations between the nymph Io and Jupiter in the guise of the shepherd Hylas, who becomes a rival of Apollo, disguised as Philemon. Now the inventive and richly varied orchestral numbers from this cruelly comical bonfire of the vanities can be presented in concert with greater flexibility. / Date parution : 2022-04-05/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre

Par COUPERIN FRANCOIS. Couperin Concerts royaux 1722 (Score and Parts) This edition contains Couperin?s four ?Concerts royaux?, which were published in 1722 as part of Book III of his ?Pièces de clavecin?. For the first time it makes these pieces, scored for chamber ensemble, separately available in an Urtext edition. It is based on the musical text of the solo harpsichord version found in the pioneering new edition of ?Pièces de clavecin III? (BA 10846). The editor has painstakingly evaluated the many impressions of the original print, most of which he himself discovered in libraries throughout the world. The preface (Fr/Eng) contains informative details on historical performance practice and on the conception of the ?Concerts royaux?, which Couperin expressly intended to be performed either by solo harpsichord or with accompanying ensemble. The modern engraving preserves essential features of the original print, which largely avoids page-turns within the pieces. It thereby brings today?s players close to the special sound of this music in a fascinating way. Couperin?s table of embellishments and symbols as well as a glossary (Fr/Eng) and a detailed Critical Commentary (Eng) round off this long-overdue Urtext edition. - First separate Urtext edition of the ?Concerts royaux? for chamber ensemble, based on the pioneering new edition of Book III of the ?Pièces de clavecin? (BA 10846) - Preserves essential features of the original notation as well as Couperin?s original embellishment signs - Notes on historical performance practice, glossary, Couperin?s table of embellishments and symbols (Fr/Eng) and detailed Critical Commentary (Eng) / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Recueil / Ensemble de Chambre

Par GURLITT MANFRED. Langue: English(US)/Deutsch/Français/Nederlands / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre