Classical Composer: | Debussy, Claude |
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Work: | Rapsodie |
Year Composed: | 1908 |
Instrumentation: | 3, 2+1, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 timp, perc, hp, str, solo sax in set |
Publishers: |
Edwin F. Kalmus Éditions Durand |
Duration: | 00:10:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Concerto |
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Debussy completed his Rapsodie for orchestra and alto saxophone in 1908, in response to an earlier commission from the American saxophonist Mrs. Elise Hall, suggesting the possible future direction his music might have taken. The scoring was only carried out in 1919, after Debussy's death, by Roger-Ducasse. Listening to street-hawkers crying their wares, Debussy managed to adjust these simple sounds to his extraordinary work for orchestra and saxophone. As indicated in the title, the saxophone here shares its leading part with the orchestra. The work is in two parts. In the first part the dark sound of the saxophone, along with the woodwind, presents the themes that will follow. In the second part the change of style in the orchestra suggests Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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