"Pavane" (from Étienne Marcel) for Flute and Piano Camille Saint-Saens Flute and Piano Skill level :
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Composer | Saint-Saens, Camille (1835 - 1921) | ||
Instrumentation | Flute and Piano | ||
Sheet central | Étienne Marcel (2 sheet music) | ||
Style | March | ||
Arranger | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Publisher | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
Date | 1884 | ||
Copyright | Public Domain | ||
Added by magataganm, 01 May 2012
For much of the 19th century any new opera performed at
the Paris Opéra was required to include a ballet
sequence, usually during the second Act, something that
famously caused Wagner considerable difficulty when
Tannhäuser was staged there in 1861. For a fastidious
composer like Saint-Saëns the production of engaging
and wonderfully melodic divertissements was no
problem.
From the long forgotten grand opera ?Etienne Marcel? with its patriotic and revolutionary themes of six dances ...(+) |