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Double bass (2(picc).2(cor ang).2.A-sax.2. - 4.2.2CaP.3.0. - timp.perc - hp/pno - str)

SKU: BR.EOS-20829-27

Urtext. Composed by Georges Bizet. Edited by Lesley A. Wright. Orchestra; stapled. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Suite; Romantic. Part. 8 pages. Duration 18'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 20829-27. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-20829-27).

ISBN 9790004785546. 10 x 12.5 inches.

From Stage Flop to Concert Favorite

The story of Alphonse Daudet's drama L'Arlesienne to which Georges Bizet composed several pieces in 1872 focuses on the story of love and suicide and was inspired by true events. The musical drama had flopped at its premiere, but the suite that Bizet arranged shortly afterwards from its stage music enjoys great popularity to this very day. After Bizet's death, his friend Ernest Guiraud put together four more movements of themes and motives by Bizet for a second suite establishing a musical connection to Provence und Arles especially in the outer movements, the Pastorale and the effective Fandarole. With this edition, Breitkopf & Hartel continues its successful collaboration with Eulenburg.

Double bass (2.2(cor ang).2.A-sax.2 - 4.2.2CaP.3.0 - timp.perc - hp/pno - str)

SKU: BR.EOS-20828-27

Urtext. Composed by Georges Bizet. Edited by Lesley A. Wright. Orchestra; stapled. Eulenburg Orchestral Series.

The world premiere of the play L'Arlesienne with the incidental music by Georges Bizet was a notable failure not only for the playwright Alphonse Daudet, but also for the composer.

Suite; Romantic. Part. 4 pages. Duration 17'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 20828-27. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-20828-27).

ISBN 9790004785485. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The two four-movement orchestral suites, in turn, are still thrilling concert-goers all over the world, ever since their first performances in 1872 and 1880 respectively. In 1998 and 2001, Lesley A. Wright presented the score and orchestral parts of the two repertoire pieces in an Urtext edition prepared for the first time on the basis of all relevant sources. Thus not only will the yellow Urtext angel be gracing the conducting score and orchestral parts, but, next to the standardized large format and new layout of the parts, there are other user-friendly improvements, such as practical page-turns, page-turn aids and intelligent cue notes.