Claude Debussy
Berceuse Heroique
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Claude Debussy
Berceuse Heroique
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Editor Roel Verheggen
- Series Baton Orchestral
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM164SC
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Description:
The Berceuse Hero'que, a lullaby for a hero, was composed in 1914 as a homage to King Albert I from Belgium and his soldiers. The work opens very dark and mysterious and then builds a huge crescendo. In the middle section of the work, Debussy uses the Belgium Anthem, in this transcription played by a trombone quartet. The work ends in the same mystic mood as it opened, with the Trumpets and saxophones playing a signal, remembering the hero. In 1914 the Berceuse Hero'que was orchestrated and there is also a transcription for woodwind quintet. Although the Berceuse Hero'que is a rather unknown piece, it is still played by many famous pianists. (Concert Band)