España
Emmanuel Chabrier (arr. Jeffrey Barudin)
General Info
Year: 1883 / 2018
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Heartland Marimba Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $36.00
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Instrumentation
Full Score
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V (4-5 players), including:
- Marimba I-II-III-IV
- Tambourine (optional; from original orchestral publication)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
España is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier. Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on 4 November 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in Paris.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Heartland Marimba Ensemble (Waterloo, Iowa) – June 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cortège Burlesque
- Danse Slave (arr. Odom) (1887/1980/2019)
- España (arr. Barudin) (1883/2018)
- España (arr. Cailliet) (1883/1964)
- España (arr. Laughlin) (1883/2023)
- España (tr. Nefs) (1883/2022)
- España (tr. Cailliet; rev. Rogers) (1883/1964/1998)
- España Rhapsody (tr. & ed. Oliver) (1883/2016)
- España Rhapsody (arr. Safranek) (1883/19116)
- Fete Polonaise (arr. Patterson)
- Gwendoline
- Habanera (arr. Davis) (1963)
- La Bourrée Fantasque
- Marche Joyeuse (arr. Junkin) (1888/1998)
Resources
- España (Chabrier), Wikipedia Accessed 1 January 2021