Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- E-Flat Clarinet Bass Clarinet
- Ensembles:
- Clarinet Quintet Woodwind Quintet Woodwind Ensemble
- Composers:
- Gabriel Faure
- Publishers:
- RayThompsonMusic
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Artist:
- Gabriel Faure
- Arrangers:
- Ray Thompson
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 10
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.553462
Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Ray Thompson. This edition: pdf. 20th Century, Holiday, Standards, Wedding. 10 pages. RayThompsonMusic #2919789. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553462).Sicilienne, Op. 78, is a composition for cello and piano by French composer Gabriel Fauré.
It was originally composed as part of the incidental music for Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, but the piece was never used for it. It appeared as part of the incidental music the first English production of Maurice Maeterlinck's play, Pelléas et Mélisande, and in the suite prepared for separate performance by the composer. In addition, it was published as a solo for cello (or violin) with piano accompaniment dedicated to the British cellist William Henry Squire (1871-1963).
Arrangements have been made for many instruments, accompanied usually by piano though sometimes by the harp or guitar. Perhaps the best known is that for flute and piano by Henri Büsser.
I hve arranged it for clarinet quintet, from Faure's orchestral arrangement. (Eb, 2 Bb, alto and bass) (Optional Bb parts are provided for both the Eb and the alto, so the arrangement would work with 4 Bb and bass.
It would also work as a larger clarinet ensemble/choir
I made the decision to arranging it as though it had been composed for winds. I have omitted the piano/harp arpeggio, and instead have given sustaining notes (mostly to the alto). This still, I feel ,maintains the ethereal sound of the piece.
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- Series:
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- Instrument:
- Woodwinds Clarinet E-Flat Clarinet Woodwinds Clarinet Bass Clarinet
- Artists:
- Gabriel Faure Ray Thompson
- Publisher:
- RayThompsonMusic
Ratings + Reviews
4 Rating
1 review
Anonymous
Dec 27, 2018
This arrangement works well! I have played the orchestra suite version, flute and piano and saxophone and piano, so I know this piece well. This version is more orchestral character.Having the optional Bb part for alto clarinet is good. We have an experienced Eb soprano player and prefer using that instrument on first clarinet part, but the Bb part is workable.Note to arrangers: We have not had alto clarinet player in quintet or quartet, I have adapted alto clarinet parts for bass clarinet when range is too low to be effective on Bb clarinet. Much more common now to have bass clarinet players and instruments available.