Suite Française (Milhaud)

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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud

THIS PAGE DEALS WITH THE REPRINTED SCORE AND PARTS NOW DISTRIBUTED BY MCA MUSIC (ORIGINALLY BY LEEDS MUSIC).


Contents

General Info

Year: 1944
Duration: c. 16:00
Movements: Five (I. Normandie - 1:45 / II. Bretagne - 4:45 / III. Ile de France - 2:00 / IV. Alsace-Lorraine - 4:30 / V. Provence - 3:00)
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MCA Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00   |   Score Only - $15.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
*Bass Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Cymbal (crash)
  • Military Drum
  • Snare Drum
  • Timpani


Errata

The following errors are found in the SCORE

  • Instrumentation List: The "1st Bb Clarinet" and "1st Bb Cornet" should actually read "Solo & 1st Bb Clarinet" and "Solo & 1st Bb Cornet." Two players will be needed to play on each part, as the parts divide.

The following errors are found in the PARTS

  • Oboes, Mvmt II, m. 51-52: Add an "E-natural" as the final note to the melody.
  • Tuba, Mvmt III, m. 11-13: The accents should instead be staccato markings (as in the bassoons).


Program Notes

About the Suite Française, Milhaud states:

For a long time I have had the idea of writing a composition fit for high school purposes and this was the result. In the bands, orchestras, and choirs of American high schools, colleges and universities where the youth of the nation be found, it is obvious that they need music of their time, not too difficult to perform, but, nevertheless keeping the characteristic idiom of the composer. The five parts of this Suite are named after French Provinces, the very ones in which the American and Allied armies fought together with the French underground of the liberation of my country: Normandy, Brittany, Ile-de-France (of which Paris is the center), Alsace-Lorraine, and Provence (my birthplace). I used some folk tunes of these Provinces, as I wanted the young American to hear the popular melodies of those parts of France where their fathers and brothers fought on behalf of the peaceful and democratic people of France."


Program Note by Darius Milhaud


Commercial Discography


State Ratings

  • Florida:   ---   (The Florida Bandmasters Association denotes this as "significant literature.")
    • Grade IV: Movement 4 only
    • Grade V: Movements 1, 4, and 5
    • Grade VI: Complete Suite
  • Texas:
    • Grade III: Any two movements
    • Grade IV: Any three movements
    • Grade V: Complete Suite


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