Woodwind Ensemble Alto Flute,Bass Flute - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1159545
Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Arranged by Myrick Crampton. Classical. 22 pages. MDC Music LLC #759204. Published by MDC Music LLC (A0.1159545).
6 Flutes: F1-4/AF4/BF5/C6
The Overature to one of Rameau's most famous works. Here's a little music history for you.
Dacier's examination of contemporary newsletters (nouvelles a la main) allows us to follow the shifting opinions almost day by day. There was a solid body of Rameau supporters - they were nicknamed ramoneurs, a word which means chimney-sweep - determined to applaud the opera at all costs and turn its performance into a triumph. And there were the usual discontented reactionaries, with the old complaints of discordant harmony and no melody - the stock-in-trade of musical anti-modernists at all periods. The work was so stuffed with music, they declared, that for three whole hours no one in the orchestra had time even to sneeze.
Excerpt from
Jean-Phillipe Rameau
Cuthbert Girdlestone
Count me a ramoneur!
Tempo: 90/120
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Flute Choir.