Sarabande(tr. Erickson)

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy (trans. Frank Erickson)

Subtitle: From Pour le Piano

General Info

Year: 1894 / 1967
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Claude Debussy’s Sarabande was composed in 1894 and was originally meant to be included as part of a set of three movements for piano called Images. Debussy decided instead to include it as the second movement in the solo piano suite Pour le Piano and it received its premiere in 1902.

A sarabande is a traditional dance form in triple meter, and its origins appear to be in Central America as a dance called the zarabanda. This dance eventually gained popularity in Spain and was even banned for some time. By the 17th century the dance evolved into a slower form in France and became a traditional movement of the suite during the baroque period.

Debussy’s Sarabande was famously orchestrated by Maurice Ravel in 1922.

- Program Note from score for Troy Bennefield transcription

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

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Performances

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• Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Tim Smith conductor) – 5 May 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

• Afternoon of a Faun, The (arr. Walters) (1894/1950/1999?)
• Beau Soir (arr. Warner)(1880/1971)
• Children’s Corner Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1908)
• Clair de lune (arr. de Meij) (1890/1905/2017)
• Clair de Lune (arr. Wallace) (1890/1905/1995)
• Danse (arr. Boyd) (1890/1983)
• 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 (arr. Schaefer) (1959)
• Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (tr. Tatebe)
• Four Debussy Songs (trans. Anderson) (2018)
• Golliwog's Cakewalk (arr. Curnow) (1908/1985)
• Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
• 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)
• 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/)
• L’isle joyeuse (arr. Mashima) (1904/2005)
• L'isle joyeuse (arr. Volans) (1904/1995)
• Marche Écossaise (tr. Schaeffer) (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)
• Petite Suite (arr. Kimura) (1889/1998)
• Premiere Arabesque (1891)
• Première Rhapsody (tr. Baars) (1910/12016)
• Première Rhapsody (arr. Walker; ed. Pappas) (1910/1963/2004)
• Rêverie (tr. Thompson) (1890/2011)
• Sarabande (tr. Bennefield) (1894/1901/2020)
• Sarabande (tr. Erickson) (1894/1967)
• Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet (arr. Thompson)
• Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)

Resources

• Debussy, C.; Erickson, F. (1967). Sarabande : from "Pour le piano" [score]. G. Schirmer: New York.