L'amour - French Romantic Melodies (arr. for flute & piano)
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- Composers: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Benjamin Godard (1849-1895), Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
- Arranger: Elisabeth Parry
- Editor: John Alley
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Flute
- Originally for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice, Opera
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- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
Description
A collection of favorite French romantic melodies by Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Hahn, Chausson, Duparc, Offenbach and Godard, arranged for flute and piano. Drawn from art song and opera, the lyrical beauty of these melodies provides an opportunity to explore and delight in expression and tone colour. These gems of the French repertoire are perfectly suited to the voice of the flute and make ideal short concert pieces.
Works:
- Massenet: C'est l'amour
- Softly Awakes My Heart from Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah, Op. 47
- Chausson: Le Colibri
- Hahn: À Chloris (1916)
- The Doll Song (Olympia's Aria) from Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
- Berceuse from Godard: Jocelyn, Op. 100
- Juliette's Waltz from Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9
- Duparc: Extase
- The Jewel Song from Gounod: Faust, CG 4