Danse Slave
by Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
Romantic Period
Composers
Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier
Publishers
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Score
Item Types
Physical
Instructionals
Repertoire Books
Levels
Grade 5
Usages
School and Community
Concert band - Grade 5

SKU: KJ.B411

Composed by Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier. Edited by Lawrence Odom. Arranged by Lawrence Odom. Friendswood High School Wind Ensemble performed this at the Midwest Clinic in 2006. Band, Repertoire. Score and set of parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #B411. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.B411).

The Danse Slave is joyful ballet music from Act Ill of Emmanuel Chabrier's comic opera La Roi malgre lui (A King In Spite of Himself) (1887). This opera is generally considered to be Chabrier's masterpiece although rarely performed today. It resembles earlier nineteenth century comic operas with spoken dialogue interspersed between arias and ensembles. With the exception of the dance sequences in this particular opera, Chabrier did not write ballet music. However, twentieth century choreographers have found his works well suited for ballet stage because of their vivaciousness, theatricality, and rhythmic verve. Danse Slave is a masterful combination of forward melodic motion set against a background of rhythmic intensity.