SSATB Choir, Piano -
Grade 3
SKU:
CA.927900
Composed by
Gabriel Faure. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Carus
digital: Extra digital
products. Full Score.
Composed 1884. Op. 39,1.
Duration 3 minutes. Carus
Verlag #927900. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.927900).
ISBN
9790007299316. Key: G
major. French. Text:
Silvestre,
Armand.
Over three
verses, Aurore describes
the approaching dawn
through an intensifying
piano accompaniment:
shining out like fading
stars, the short quarter
notes in the first verse
in G major give way in
the second verse to a
rippling sixteenth note
accompaniment in the
minor key. Shimmering
harmonies allow the first
rays of sun to shine in
glistening drops of dew,
and the dreams escape
“like a light
swarmâ€. The third
verse returns to the key
of G major, full of
promise: the new day
awakens with its promise
of love and
beauty.
This art
song was originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted it
to suit the requirements
and expressive
possibilities offered by
a larger ensemble,
without losing any of the
qualities of the original
in the process. Each part
in the choir has a
melodic line drawn from
the harmonic and rhythmic
framework. In the
process, the variety and
refinement of the choral
language combines with an
enormous flexibility in
form and expression, as
French melodies or German
art song demand from a
soloist and pianist.
Aurore
