Benjamin Godard
Valse From The Suite de Trois Morceaux
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Benjamin Godard
Valse From The Suite de Trois Morceaux
- Instrumentation Concert Band (Solo/Feature: Flute)
- Composer Benjamin Godard
- Editor Egbert van Groningen
- Series Baton Instrumental
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM382
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Description:
The 'suite de Trois Morceaux' is one of the few compositions of Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) that is still immense popular. It's a short work for flute and piano or orchestra in three movements - Allegretto, Idyll, and Valse. The suite is 'Musique de salon de la Belle Epoque, par excellence'. Composed in 1890 for the great French flutist Paul Taffanel, the suite is elegantly tuneful, deeply nostalgic. The 'Valse' is is the final movement of the Suite and is quite virtuosic. While salon music is not nearly as popular as it once was, the lost world of salon music is brilliantly evoked by Godard's suite.