Fantasy in French

Julie Giroux

Julie Giroux

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 0:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown   |   Score Only - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Fantasy in French is a musical collage comprised of several well-known works by French composers. The first task in a project of this nature is to choose which pieces one is going to use. Sometimes one selects works for their contrast to one other and how, together, they will provide good variety, flow and drive. In this case, Julie Giroux identified works that were technically and emotionally similar. Her ultimate goal was to take the five compositions listed below, mix them together, and present a piece that would sound like it was co-written by Saint-Saëns, Satie and Debussy.

The Fantasy in French by Julie Giroux begins with just such a musical portmanteau, presenting Debussy’s Syrinx melody on top of the chord progression from Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1, before slowly melting into the original opening phrases of Debussy’s Clair de Lune. In measure 28, we get a strong presentation of the Gymnopedie chord structure and melody, which serves as a counter-melody to Debussy’s Clair de Lune. Measure 37 finds the listener tossed back and forth from Clair de Lune to Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. In measure 51, Clair de Lune is replaced with Saint-Saëns’ Aquarium. The piece ends with Clair de Lune by itself.

Camille Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals, VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ Symphony”
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, III. Clair de Lune
Claude Debussy - Syrinx, L. 129

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Virginia Wind Symphony (Col. (Ret.) Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor)

Audio Links

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State Ratings

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Recent Performances

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• San Jose Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor) - 6 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
• Virginia Wind Symphony (Col. (Ret.) Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor) - 21 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic) WORLD PREMIERE

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Bonsai Tree (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
• Bridge Market (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
• I'll Be Home A'fore Ya (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
• One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
• Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
• Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• A Time to Dance (2006) (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)

All Wind Works

• Af-free-kah! (2013)
• All Good Things
• All Through the Night (as arranger) (2011)
• Always (2019)
• Amaranthine
• Appalachian Portrait (2017)
• The Ash Grove (2019)
• At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Away in a Manger (as arranger)
• Before the Sun (2013)
• The Bench by the Sea (2017)
• Bonsai Tree, The (2010)
• Bookmarks from Japan (2013)
• Boston Liberties (2003)
• Carnaval! (2013)
• Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (as arranger)
• Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger)
• Christmas Toons (2012)
• Christmas with Mozart (2007)
• Circus Franticus (2001)
• Cordoba (2013)
• Crown of Thorns (1998)
• Culloden I and II (2000)
• Culloden III (2000)
• Crown of Thorns
• Dragon Sky (2015)
• Dream Dancer
• The Elements
• Empire (2006)
• Fantasy in French (2012)
• Fields of Gold (2019)
• The First Noel (as arranger)
• Fort McHenry Suite (2000)
• Freedom Rising (2017)
• Glenbury Grove (2009)
• Glorious Light
• The Grace in Being (2013)
• Greatest Generation, The
• Hands of Mercy
• HardDrive
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
• Hark! Those Bells Are Smokin’ (2011)
• HearthStone, The (2016)
• Husaria Cavalry Overture (2006)
• Hymn for the Innocent (2016)
• I Got Rhythm for Christmas
• Il Burlone (2000)
• I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
• Imbizo (2007)
• Impressions (2013)
• In My Father's Eyes (2017)
• In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/2018)
• Incantations
• Italian Rhapsody (2005)
• Jerusalem (as arranger)
• Jingle Them Bells (as arranger) (1857/2011)
• Journey Through Orion (2006)
• Just Flyin'! (2015)
• Kalanu
• Khan (2008)
• La Mezquita de Córdoba (2005)
• Let Your Spirit Sing
• Little Drummer Boy's Bolero, The
• Louisiana Parish Sketches (2001)
• Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
• March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
• Medalist Fanfare (2013)
• Moonshine: See Shine
  
• Movin' On Down the Line
• My Soul to Keep (2019)
• Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
• Nature of the Beast, The
• No Finer Calling (2006)
• No Man's Land (2017)
• Nothing That Is (2000)
• Nutcracker Fantasia (2012)
• O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
• Of Blood and Stone (2015)
• One Life Beautiful (2010)
• One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
• One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
• Opa! (2018)
• Ouachita (1987)
• Our Cast Aways (2018)
• Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
• Overture in Five Flat (2010)
• Paprikash (2014)
• Peter Patapan (2011)
• Poseidon
• Primality!
• Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
• Radiant Shadows (2016)
• Riften Wed (2013)
• River Shannon (2020)
• Shadow Falls
• Shine (2017)
• Space Symphony (1986/1991)
• Speed of Heat, The
• Stealing Home (2016)
• Stocking Full of Composers, A (2009)
• Symphony No. 5 (2017)
• Symphony No. 6 (2020, in composition)
• Symphony of Fables, A (2006)
• Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
• Three Fanfares (2003)
• Three Wise Guys (2011)
• Tiger Tail March (2000)
• A Time to Dance (2006)
• To Walk with Wings (2000)
• Twelve Days of Christmas, The (Giroux)
• The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
• Under the Willow (2015)
• A Very Merry Heart and Soul
• Vigils Keep (2005)
• Vortex (2015)
• Wagon Trail
• West Wind Overture (2012)
• What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
• What Goes in the Night (2000)
• When Country Comes to Town
• Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
• Wild West Overture
• Without You
• Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
• Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)