Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel / Arr. Christoph Enzel

Titel (DE): Le Tombeau de Couperin (I-IV) -
Titel (EN): Le Tombeau de Couperin (I-IV) -
Titel (FR): Le Tombeau de Couperin (I-IV) -
Komponist / Composer: Ravel, Maurice
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Bearbeiter / Arranger: Enzel, Christoph
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: 4 Saxophone (SATBar) / 4 saxophones (SATBar)
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Verlag / Publisher: advance music
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 01.01.2009
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Stimmen - Score and parts -
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Seiten / Pages: 68
Verarbeitung: Mappe - Folder
Schwierigkeitsgrad / Difficulty: schwer - difficult - difficile
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ISMN: M-2063-0792-8
ISMN-13: 979-0-2063-0792-8
ISMN-EAN: 9790206307928
UPC: 805095074277

For Ravel, the year 1917 was marked by his dearly beloved Basque mother's death and the decease of many of his friends who had lost their lives on the battlegrounds of World War I. Hence, the suite he finished in that same year can altogether be considered as a work in reverence for the deceased: Each movement is dedicated to one of his friends killed in action. Its title Tombeau (tomb) had already been used by the Baroque composer F. Couperin for his funeral music. True to the spirit of that ancient music honoring the dead, the composer furthermore adheres consciously to the musical forms and practices of the clavecinist era. Due to its classical, rather sonatina-like character, the Tombeau does not radiate an atmosphere of mourning - despite it being committed to the memory of the deceased - but a light if cool serenity. In its order and choice of movements, this arrangement for saxophone quartet observes the orchestral version written by Ravel himself. The original version for piano includes two additional parts: Fugue and Toccata. Yet, they have been left out in this arrangement (as was also done in the orchestral version) since they do not really conform to the tonal quality of the saxophone quartet.

I. Prélude - II. Forlane - III. Menuet - IV. Rigaudon

[FR]
For Ravel, the year 1917 was marked by his dearly beloved Basque mother's death and the decease of many of his friends who had lost their lives on the battlegrounds of World War I. Hence, the suite he finished in that same year can altogether be considered as a work in reverence for the deceased: Each movement is dedicated to one of his friends killed in action. Its title Tombeau (tomb) had already been used by the Baroque composer F. Couperin for his funeral music. True to the spirit of that ancient music honoring the dead, the composer furthermore adheres consciously to the musical forms and practices of the clavecinist era. Due to its classical, rather sonatina-like character, the Tombeau does not radiate an atmosphere of mourning - despite it being committed to the memory of the deceased - but a light if cool serenity. In its order and choice of movements, this arrangement for saxophone quartet observes the orchestral version written by Ravel himself. The original version for piano includes two additional parts: Fugue and Toccata. Yet, they have been left out in this arrangement (as was also done in the orchestral version) since they do not really conform to the tonal quality of the saxophone quartet.

I. Prélude - II. Forlane - III. Menuet - IV. Rigaudon

Titel / Title: Le Tombeau de Couperin [I-IV]
Herausgeber / Publisher: Advance Music
Instrumentation: 4 Saxophones [SATBar]
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2009
ISMN: 9790206307928
ISBN: 9783892215813
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for 4 Saxophone SATBar score and parts