Unaccompanied Tenor
Trombone - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2515
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. French
Impressionist. Booklet.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2515).
Debussy
composed this
breathtaking
unaccompanied work in
1913, and it became the
first solo work for the
Bohm flute and the first
solo work by a major
composer since C.P.E.
Bach almost 150 years
earlier!
The music
allows wide latitude for
interpretation and can
really show off the
musical imagination of
the performer.
The
great French flautist
Marcel Moyse is credited
with adding phrasing and
barlines to his friend
Debussy's new work.
In
classical mythology,
Syrinx was a nymph and a
follower of Artemis,
known for her chastity.
Pursued by the amorous
Greekgod Pan, she ran to
a river's edge and asked
for assistance from the
river nymphs. In answer,
she was transformed into
hollow water reeds that
made a haunting sound
when the god's frustrated
breath blew across them.
Pan cut the reeds to
fashion the first set of
pan pipes, which were
thereafter known as
syrinx.
This work of 2
1/2 minutes for advanced
performers can add a new
dimension to your
recital, as it is often
performed offstage.
The
sample performance was
recorded by Ralph Sauer
in May 2012.
Water Nymphs
