Saint-Saens, C :: Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio: Adagio et Variation
Publisher: ALRY Publications
Editor: Johnston, Matt
ALRY Publications presents 'Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio: Adagio et Variation' by Camille Saint-Saens, arranged here for flute and string orchestra by Matt Johnston.
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) composed his grand opera Ascanio in 1887-88 and it received its premiere in 1890 at the Palais Garnier. Despite the poor reception of the opera overall, perhaps Paul Taffanel recognized the potential popularity of a particular section of the ballet music and thus an arrangement of it was published by Edition Durand-Schoenewerk in 1890, titled 'Airs de Ballet d’Ascanio.'
Though much more commonly performed in its reduction for flute and piano, this new score and set of parts came about upon the request to create a modern edition of the work, updating the engraving and correcting errata along the way. Additionally, to create more options for performance, the harp part can be considered optional and has been cued into the string parts.
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