Mel Bonis
Trois Pièces impressionnistes
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Mel Bonis
Trois Pièces impressionnistes
- Instrumentation Harp
- Composer Mel Bonis
- Editor Elisabeth Rémy Johnson
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- Publisher Gerard Billaudot
- Order no. BILL10317
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Mel Bonis (18581937), Parisian composer, is the author of an important body of music.
It was against the complete incomprehension of those around her that she fulfilled her vocation as a musician, writing over three hundred works, piano, organ, chamber music, orchestra, melodies, choral works and more. In the post-Romantic vein, it's a varied and original work, teeming with inspiration, richly harmonized with interesting rhythmic research, a music that reflète the great sensitivity and power of inspiration of its author.
Only three religious pieces, the Cantique de Racine, the Regina cœli and the Chant nuptial, originally feature harp accompaniment. Today, however, arrangements allow harpists to approach some of his works that lend themselves particularly well to harp accompaniment. After trios for flute, viola and harp, here are Elisabeth Remy Johnson's transcriptions of pieces for solo harp, originally for piano.
First published in 1893 by Éditions Leduc, Près du ruisseau is an impressionist piece par excellence. With its delicate velocity, it requires great technical finesse to convey the idea of living water and luminous running that it evokes.
The Berceuse opus 23, whose manuscript dates from 1888, was dedicated by Mel Bonis to her very young fille Jeanne, born the same year. This piece, which expresses all the tenderness of a mother, turns with delicate arabesques and modulations around a theme of light and gaiety.
Mélisande, Op. 109, a mature work, was written in 1922. It was first published in 1925 by Leduc and now by Furore, where it is included in the collection of "Femmes de légende" for piano. A version for two harps was produced by Huguette Géliot. Mel Bonis wrote of Mélisande in her catalog: "My favorite". These p. are inspired by the poet Maeterlinck (Mélisande, 1893). Their magical, impressionistic harmonies evoke Mélisande's hair as described by Pelléas: "Tes cheveux et leur belle lumière ... Ils s'échappent de toute part, ils tressaillent, ils s'agitent, ils palpitent dans mes mains comme des oiseaux d'or".
It was against the complete incomprehension of those around her that she fulfilled her vocation as a musician, writing over three hundred works, piano, organ, chamber music, orchestra, melodies, choral works and more. In the post-Romantic vein, it's a varied and original work, teeming with inspiration, richly harmonized with interesting rhythmic research, a music that reflète the great sensitivity and power of inspiration of its author.
Only three religious pieces, the Cantique de Racine, the Regina cœli and the Chant nuptial, originally feature harp accompaniment. Today, however, arrangements allow harpists to approach some of his works that lend themselves particularly well to harp accompaniment. After trios for flute, viola and harp, here are Elisabeth Remy Johnson's transcriptions of pieces for solo harp, originally for piano.
First published in 1893 by Éditions Leduc, Près du ruisseau is an impressionist piece par excellence. With its delicate velocity, it requires great technical finesse to convey the idea of living water and luminous running that it evokes.
The Berceuse opus 23, whose manuscript dates from 1888, was dedicated by Mel Bonis to her very young fille Jeanne, born the same year. This piece, which expresses all the tenderness of a mother, turns with delicate arabesques and modulations around a theme of light and gaiety.
Mélisande, Op. 109, a mature work, was written in 1922. It was first published in 1925 by Leduc and now by Furore, where it is included in the collection of "Femmes de légende" for piano. A version for two harps was produced by Huguette Géliot. Mel Bonis wrote of Mélisande in her catalog: "My favorite". These p. are inspired by the poet Maeterlinck (Mélisande, 1893). Their magical, impressionistic harmonies evoke Mélisande's hair as described by Pelléas: "Tes cheveux et leur belle lumière ... Ils s'échappent de toute part, ils tressaillent, ils s'agitent, ils palpitent dans mes mains comme des oiseaux d'or".