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Title	Cinq Préludes (5)
Article no.	4033416
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Symphonic arrangements
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Belgium (be)
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Series title	Symphonic Series
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Year of publication	2009
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Composer	Debussy, Claude
Arranger	Deseure, Karel
Evaluation level of countries	D6 (German highest class)
Duration	14:18
Additional info/contents	Debussy wrote his Préludes for piano between 1909 and 1913. He composed 24 in all, divided equally between two books. He thought of the Préludes as separate pieces of music, so they did not necessarily have to be performed one after the other in a series. In the original publication the titles are grouped together at the end of each part, as a sort of footnote. This enables the performer to get a first impression without being too much influenced by Debussy's painterly titles. The préludes I have chosen are from both the first and the second books. The order in this suite is completely different from the original, however. By way of criterion, I asked myself the following question: Which parts go together to form a new entity? The guideline was provided by the central section, "La fille aux cheveux de lin", undoubtedly the best-known prélude, and the humorous "Minstrels". Orchestrating several of these préludes for a wind orchestra was an enthralling and instructive experience. It is beyond dispute that Debussy was a marvellous orchestrator. In my orchestration I have tried to work for the character and overall mood of the music. I therefore retained the original keys and changed as little as possible of the original writing, with a few exceptions when octaves were added. On some occasions Debussy himself suggested orchestrations, as for example in "Minstrels", where, among other things, he writes "tambour" alongside a particular rhythmical passage. Lastly, I always find it interesting to set the music in a broader context. Debussy completed his second book of Préludes in 1913. The same year saw the first performance of Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps", in Paris, of all places. One year later the First World War broke out. The end of an era? Quelle/Source: Karel Deseure Prt PicFlt Flt 1,2 AFlt Ob EHrn Fag 1,2 CtrFag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Trp/Cnt 1,2,3 Tnh Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Brt in C (BC) Brt in Bb (BC+TC) Euph in C (BC) Euph in Bb (BC+TC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) Tub in C (BC) KB Perc 1,2 Tmp Mlt
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	Cinq Préludes (5) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Cinq Préludes (5) (concert/wind band), full score
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