Unaccompanied tuba or
bass trombone - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2924
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. French
impressionist. Booklet.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2924).
Debussy
composed this
breathtaking
unaccompanied work in
1913, and it became the
first solo work for the
Böhm 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
Greek
god 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.