Félicien David
Brises D'orient Souvenirs D'enfance
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Félicien David
Brises D'orient Souvenirs D'enfance
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Félicien David
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Editions Bourgès R.
- Order no. EBRA046
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Description:
The ANACROUSE collection offers novice and experienced pianists alike a wide choice of classical works, from the Renaissance to the modern era.
We have set ourselves the goal of offering both "must-haves" from the classical repertoire and pieces by sometimes forgotten composers, all of undeniable pedagogical value. Each piece, sold individually, has been the subject of careful editorial work, both in terms of the musical text and its engraving, in order to guarantee musicians the conditions essential to the pleasures derived from frequent trade in these works.
The scores are offered in the form of traditional works (paper sheets), and also available by download.
In 1836, the composer Félicien David published the "Mélodies orientales". They comprise a total of twenty-one pieces, eighteen of which were reissued in 1845 under the title "Brises d'Orient" and three others under the title "Les Minarets".
When they were released, these melodies were not a great success. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, a fire destroyed part of the stock of printed scores. On the other hand, the public, which had enjoyed the poet Victor Hugo's "Orientales" and the painter Eugène Delacroix's "Pestiférés de Jaffa", did not seem to be attracted by musical orientalism.
Les brises d'Orient possesses the power of rather gentle oriental charms. In Souvenirs d'enfance, Delacroix's melodies are more than a notebook or travel diary in which he records impressions and memories. It's also a diary, with passages that hint at his journey of initiation. Félicien David revisits his childhood and thinks of the West. Come and perform one of the pieces composed by one of the masters of 19th-century Orientalism!
We have set ourselves the goal of offering both "must-haves" from the classical repertoire and pieces by sometimes forgotten composers, all of undeniable pedagogical value. Each piece, sold individually, has been the subject of careful editorial work, both in terms of the musical text and its engraving, in order to guarantee musicians the conditions essential to the pleasures derived from frequent trade in these works.
The scores are offered in the form of traditional works (paper sheets), and also available by download.
In 1836, the composer Félicien David published the "Mélodies orientales". They comprise a total of twenty-one pieces, eighteen of which were reissued in 1845 under the title "Brises d'Orient" and three others under the title "Les Minarets".
When they were released, these melodies were not a great success. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, a fire destroyed part of the stock of printed scores. On the other hand, the public, which had enjoyed the poet Victor Hugo's "Orientales" and the painter Eugène Delacroix's "Pestiférés de Jaffa", did not seem to be attracted by musical orientalism.
Les brises d'Orient possesses the power of rather gentle oriental charms. In Souvenirs d'enfance, Delacroix's melodies are more than a notebook or travel diary in which he records impressions and memories. It's also a diary, with passages that hint at his journey of initiation. Félicien David revisits his childhood and thinks of the West. Come and perform one of the pieces composed by one of the masters of 19th-century Orientalism!