Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.931731

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Yves Bouillot. 20th Century. Score and parts. 23 pages. Yves Bouillot #5034267. Published by Yves Bouillot (A0.931731).

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.834006

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by BRIAN W. COPPING. Ragtime,Romantic Period,Standards. Score and parts. 16 pages. EMK Music #28847. Published by EMK Music (A0.834006).

Before he died in 1918, Debussy had been planning to visit the USA. However, it is probable that he became familiar with the syncopated rhythms of ‘Ragtime’ and of the ‘Cakewalk’, used in Le Petit Negre, through the music of Scott Joplin. Le Petit Negre is taken from Debussy’s ‘Children’s Corner’ , a collection of pieces for Piano that he dedicated to his daughter, Claude-Emma, after her death at the age of fourteen. Debussy used language that was in common usage at the time, but some of his titles, including this one, now sound unavoidably racist. In addition to syncopation, Debussy also uses other techniques in this piece that have been adopted by jazz musicians, for example, pentatonic scales and chromaticism.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download

SKU: A0.999421

Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Eric Wilson. 20th Century. Score and parts. 13 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798355. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999421).

This sweet little march – more of a cakewalk really – was originally written for piano by the famously eccentric French composer Erik Satie but it suits the brass quintet very well. I made this arrangement as long ago as 1987 when I didn’t know much about the composer. Many years later I visited his former home, now a museum, in the Normandy port of Honfleur. It’s well worth a visit and gives a valuable insight into this fascinating composer.

The piece makes a delightful short interlude or encore and I’ve tried to share the interest around the players, although the tuba is not exactly pushed to its limits!