Double Bass and Piano -
Intermediate-Advanced
SKU: FP.FDW03
Composed by Charles
Francois Gounod. Arranged
by Andrew Wilson-Dickson.
Sheet Music and Books.
AÂ striking arrangement
of the Gounod favourite,
arranged for Double Bass
and Piano by A.
Wilson-Dickson. Suggested
grade 5. Classical.
Collection. Forsyths
Publications #FDW03.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FDW03).
ISBN
9790570500789.
Goun
od's classic piece,
arranged for double bass,
with piano
accompaniment.
The
music in the beginning
tells the listener that
two of the members of the
Marionette troupe have
had a duel and one of
them has been killed. A
party of pallbearers is
organised and the
procession sets out for
the cemetery in march
time.
The piece
soon takes on a more
cheerful spirit, for some
of the troupe, wearied
with the march, seek
consolation at a wayside
inn, where they refresh
themselves and also
descant upon the many
virtues of their late
companion. At last they
get into place again and
the procession enters the
cemetery to the march
rhythm -- the whole
closing with the bars
intended to reflect upon
the briefness and
weariness of life, even
for marionettes.