Raymond Gallois Montbrun: Divertissement: Flute: Instrumental Work

Divertissement composed by Raymond Gallois Montbrun is a piece for Flute and Piano. Written for the Contest of the Paris Conservatoire it was dedicated to Gaston Crunelle a French professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Quite challenging this piece is perfect for advanced students and would work well for a contest or a recital. It features mild chromaticisms changes of meters and rapid legato triplets and sounds very romantic. Raymond Gallois Montbrun (1918-1994) was a French violinist and composer who won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome and the Grand Prix de Paris. He later became the director of the ParisConservatoire. He composed many symphonic pieces an opera a quartet and many pieces for Solo Piano Violin and Piano and other instruments.