FINEST TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR SYMPHONIC BAND
FINEST TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR SYMPHONIC BAND<

Menuet Pompeux

Arranger
Instrumentation
Duration
06:30
Grade
Genre
Number
BM935
Score + parts € 117,00
€ 117,00 + add to cart
PREVIEW
Score € 24,00
€ 24,00 + add to cart
MINI-SCORE
In 1880, while on a convalescent holiday at the coastal resort of Saint-Pair, Emmanuel Chabrier composed what were to be called ‘Pièces pittoresques’. Both Alfred Cortot and Francis Poulenc discuss these short works enthusiastically. César Franck, at their premiere in 1881, remarked that those present had "just heard something exceptional. This music links our own time to that of Couperin and Rameau".
One of the movements is the present ‘Menuet Pompeux’ dedicated to Gabrielle Petitdemange. It shows Chabrier looking backward rather than forward. If the minuet is more like an ‘Auvergnat dance’, the G major trio is a nod to the 18th century. Maurice Ravel orchestrated the ‘Menuet Pompeux’ and now Dutch arranger Marcel Baars transscribed this orchestration for Symphonic Band.
Baton Music
PO box 6401
5600 HK Eindhoven
The Netherlands
t +31 40 2930581
f +31 40 2930582
info@batonmusic.nl
IBAN: NL70INGB0007467857
BIC: INGBNL2A
kvk / trade register: 17094372
btw / vat / mws: NL 8049.75.383.B01
© Baton Music 2020