Small Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.835900
Composed by Henry Purcell. Arranged by Paul Burnell. Baroque. Score and parts. 20 pages. Paul Burnell #6668851. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835900).
Rondeau, from Abdelazar, Z.570, Henry Purcell, arranged by Paul Burnell for instruments in four parts
Duration 1:40
Score in C
Download comprises both score and parts.
The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Eb (Flute, Oboe, Alto Recorder, Eb Clarinet, Violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb, G (Alto Flute, Oboe, Tenor Recorder, Bb Clarinet, Violin 2)
Part 3: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Alto Saxophone, Horn in F, Violin 3, Viola)
Part 4: C, Bb, F (Bassoon, Great bass Recorder, Tenor Saxophone, Horn in F, 'Cello)
Part 4 may be played or doubled an octave lower than written - using the 'Bass Clef up 8' part.
Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.
Programme note:
'Abdelazer', or 'The Moor's Revenge' is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn - one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing. The English composer Henry Purcell wrote incidental music for a revival of the play in the summer of 1695. Purcell's music comprises ten movements, the second of which is the Rondeau. Benjamin Britten used the Rondeau in 1945 as the theme for his set of variations 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Op.34.
