Premiere Rhapsody (tr. Baars)
Claude Debussy (trans. Marcel Baars)
Subtitle: For Clarinet and Orchestra
General Info
Year: 1910 / 2016
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Clarinet and piano
Publisher: Baton Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €142.00 | Score Only (print) - €26.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo B-flat Soprano Clarinet
C Piccolo
Solo Flute I-II
Flute tutti
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
Solo B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
String Bass
Harp I-II
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Triangle
Cello
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Première rhapsodie (First Rhapsody) by Claude Debussy is a piece for accompanied solo clarinet. Composed between December 1909 and January 1910, it was dedicated to the French clarinet professor Prosper Mimart.
In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, director of the Paris Conservatoire, named Debussy to its board of directors (le Conseil Supérieur). One of Debussy's first duties was to supply two works for the next year's clarinet examinations. The Rhapsodie was first performed as part of the examinations on July 14, 1910. Debussy considered the piece 'one of the most charming I have ever written,' and liked it enough to arrange the piano part for orchestra in 1911, producing one of his very few concerto-type compositions.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Wind Symphony (John R. Stewart, conductor; Rafael Puga, clarinet) - 28 April 2023
- Heart of Texas (San Antonio) Concert Band (R. Mark Rogers, conductor; Maleah Martin, clarinet) - 27 February 2022
- University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor; Hunter Nicholson, clarinet) – 23 April 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
All Wind Works
- The Afternoon of a Faun (arr. Walters) (1894/1950/1999?)
- The Afternoon of a Faun. See also: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
- Beau Soir (arr. Warner) (1880/1971)
- Children's Corner Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1908)
- Clair de Lune (orch. Blair) (1890/1905/2021)
- Clair de Lune (arr. Hautvast) (1890/1905/2011)
- Clair de lune (arr. De Meij) (1890/1905/2017)
- Clair de Lune (arr. Wallace) (1890/1905/1995)
- Danse (arr. Boyd) (1890/1983)
- Danse (arr. Scheiwiller) (1890/2019)
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (arr. Odom) (1904/2019)
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (tr. J. Lloyd) (1904)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Akey) (1910/1995)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Longfield) (1910/1987)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (arr. Miller) (1910/1986)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1910/1993)
- The Engulfed Cathedral. See also: La Cathédrale Engloutie
- Fêtes from "Nocturnes" (arr. Patterson) (c. 1899/2007)
- Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (arr. Schaefer) (c.1899/1959)
- Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (tr. Tatebe) (c.1899/1999)
- Four Debussy Songs (trans. Anderson) (2018)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Beyrent) (1910/2013)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Brand) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Bernotas) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Moss) (1910/2007)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Sparke) (1910/2007)
- Golliwogg's Cakewalk (arr. Lewis) (1908/2004)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (arr. Curnow) (1908/1985)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
- Hommage à Rameau (arr. Hunsberger) (1905/2009)
- La Cathédrale Engloutie (arr. Mortimer) (1910/2016)
- La Cathédrale Engloutie. See also: The Engulfed Cathedral
- La Mer (trans. Odom) (1905/)
- Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (1911)
- L’isle joyeuse (arr. Mashima) (1904/2005)
- L'isle joyeuse (arr. Volans) (1904/1995)
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Onodera) (1891/1908/2015(?))
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Onodera) (Octet) (1891/1908/2015(?))
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Schaefer) (1891/1908/1964)
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Scatterday) (1891/1908)
- 'Menuet' from Suite Bergamasque (arr. Southard) (1890/2012)
- Minstrels (tr. Scarbrough) (1910/2016)
- Pagodes from "Estampes" (arr. Grainger) (1996)
- Petite Suite (arr. Brakkee) (1889/1999?)
- Petite Suite (tr. Winterbottom) (1889/1927)
- Petite Suite (arr. Kimura) (1889/1998)
- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (tr. Sousa) (1894)
- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. See also: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and The Afternoon of a Faun
- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Stalmeieir) (1894/1992)
- Prelude from "Suite Bergamasque" (arr. St. Louis)
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (tr. Hindsley) (1894/1973)
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. See also: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
- Premiere Arabesque (1891)
- Première Rhapsodie (arr. Yodo)
- Première Rhapsody (tr. Baars) (1910/12016)
- Première Rhapsody (arr. Walker; ed. Pappas) (1910/1963/2004)
- Reverie (arr. Boo) (1890/)
- Rêverie (tr. Thompson) (1890/2011)
- Sarabande (tr. Bennefield) (1894/1901/2020)
- Sarabande (tr. Erickson) (1894/1967)
- Sarabande (arr. Howland; ed. Gregory) (1894/2018)
- Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet (arr. Thompson)
- Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)
- Three Pieces from "Children's Corner" (orch. Sheen) (1908/1988)