Clog Dance Ferdinand Hérold / Arr. Jos Dobbelstein

Titel / Title: Clog Dance
Untertitel / Subtitle: from the Ballet La fille mal gardée
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet. Nowadays he is best known for the ballet 'La Fille mal Gardée. The appealing simplicity and the naïve familiarity of the action of 'this ballet have lent it a popularity that has established it in the repertory of many ballet companies all over the world. The 'Clog Dance' has become the most famous musical part from the ballet with woodblocks imitating the clogs.