Gioacchino Rossini
La Boutique Fantasque
for Flute Orchestra
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Gioacchino Rossini
La Boutique Fantasque
for Flute Orchestra
- Instrumentation Flute Ensemble
- Composer Gioacchino Rossini
- Editor Shaul Ben-meir
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Megido Publications
- Order no. METRO-MEG042
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Description:
La Boutique Fantasque (also known as The Magic Toyshop) is a ballet suite, with original music composed by Gioachino Rossini, and orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi. Included in this flute orchestra arrangement by Shaul Ben-Meir are four of the movements, including: Overture; Can-Can; Tarantella; and the Danse Cosaque. The world premiere of the ballet took place at the Alhambra Theatre (London) in 1919, by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.