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Sicilienne (Fauré)

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for full orchestra, arranged by Fauré and published in 1909. Nectoux notes that the final orchestration differs from Fauré's original 1893 version, written for chamber-sized theatre orchestra: in particular, the main theme is given to the
126:, which opened in June 1898. Needing a lighthearted piece for one of the few playful scenes in the drama, he included the Sicilienne along with the new music he wrote for the production. His former pupil 38:, composed in 1893. It was originally an orchestral piece, written for a theatrical production that was abandoned. In 1898 Fauré arranged the unperformed music as a work for 1060: 200:
The cello and piano and full orchestral versions of the Sicilienne have been recorded many times. There are also recordings of arrangements, not by Fauré, for
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and piano; cello and guitar; cello and harp; flute and guitar; flute and harp; flute and piano; guitar and orchestra; solo guitar; solo harp; oboe and piano;
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Notes to Chandos CD CHAN8952, 1991; Naxos CD 8.570545, 2010; and Decca CD 00028941055224, 2007
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At the same time, Fauré was working on incidental music for the first English production of
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Five years later, Fauré arranged the work for cello and piano. The Fauré scholar
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orchestrated the score for the theatre orchestra of 16 players.
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writes that the transcription was made for the Dutch cellist
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The final form of the Sicilienne is in the four-movement
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and piano, and in the same year incorporated it into his
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Index

middle-aged man with full head of white hair and large white moustache
Gabriel Fauré
cello
incidental music
Maurice Maeterlinck
Pelléas et Mélisande
suite arranged for full orchestra
Grand Théâtre
Camille Saint-Saëns
incidental music
Molière
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Jean-Michel Nectoux
Joseph Hollman
W. H. Squire
Maurice Maeterlinck
Pelléas et Mélisande
Charles Koechlin
Pelléas et Mélisande suite
oboe
flute
G minor

8
time

sicilienne
andantino
dotted
crotchet
allegretto molto moderato
bassoon

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