Le Ballet des Facheux-Beauchamp's Music for Moliere's Comedy by George Houle

Description: This is the full score plus separate parts for 5 string instruments. Houle's edition includes an introduction, notes on performance practice, full score, & individual parts. A short section by Herbert Myers provides directions for orchestral bowing technique based on the treatises of Muffat, Monteclair, & Dupont. The score consist of an overture & 12 dances, including pantomimic & comical dances as well as bourees, gavottes, & menuets. The music is characterized by a mixture of modal & tonal harmonies, & its metrical shifts & melodic twists suggest the lively comedy of Beachamp's dancing.

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Book Title: Ballet Des Facheux : Beauchamp's Music for Moliere's Comedy

Number of Pages: 64 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Publication Year: 1991

Topic: Ethnic

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Music

Item Weight: 17.6 Oz

Author: George Houle

Item Length: 11 in

Item Width: 8.3 in

Book Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute

Format: Hardcover