Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.871407 Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Clara Obsidian. 20th Century,Concert,Standards. Individual part. 4 pages. Clara Obsidian #6231179. Published by Clara Obsidian (A0.871407). Gymnopédies no. 1, from the Trois Gymnopédies, is a piano composition written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie. A short, atmospheric pieces are written in 3/ 4 time, the melody use is deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, painfully (douloureux). The first few bars of Gymnopédie No. 1 consist of an alternating progression of two major seventh chords, the first on the subdominant, G, and the second on the tonic, D.-----------------------------------Lent et douloureux (D major / D minor)Arranged for Cello Solo [in 2 difficulties]I: Higher Octave (Bass and Tenor Clef, up to 5th position harmonic A)II: Lower Octave (Bass Clef)Note: Chord parts in bracket (pizz)/(arco) are alternatives to holding the long notes.-----------------------------------------
