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Variations on a French Folk Song
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $166.00 | Score Only (print) - $33.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Congas (optional Tom-toms)
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The variation form is one of the oldest and most fundamental forms of musical technique. Franco Cesarini has chosen the well known French folk melody Sur le pont d'Avignon as the basis for this piece. The piece begins with a short introduction followed by the exposition and ten lively and contrasting variations. The final reminder of the main theme also included references to the famous French nursery songs J'ai du bon tabac and Alouette, which bring the work to an expressive and brilliant close.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Music Information Centre department of Biblioservice Gelderland in Arhem (the Netherlands) in cooperation with the "Schweizer Blasmusikverband" in Aarau (Swtzerland).
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Oklahoma: III-A
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Joseph Carver, conductor) – 18 April 2017
- Livermore (Calif.) High Symphonic Band – 13 November 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abysses
- Aida: Grand Finale
- Alpina Fanfare (1997)
- Antiche Danza Ed Arie Per Liuto
- Arizona (2014)
- Blue Horizons (2002)
- Bulgarian Dances (2011)
- Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (2013)
- Ceresio
- Convergents
- Cossack Folk Dances
- Ernani
- Greek Folk Song Suite (2002)
- The Haunter of the Dark (1995)
- Huckleberry Finn Suite (2005)
- Huntingtower (as arranger) (1932/1987)
- I Vespri Siciliani
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia (as arranger) (1816/2011)
- Il Trovatore : Coro dei Gitani
- A Joyful Fanfare (2007)
- Jubilee Fanfare
- La Forza del Destino (as transcriber) (1862/1995)
- Le Cortège du Roi Renaud (1999/2021)
- MGB March
- Mountain Majesty
- Norma
- Poema Alpestre (1999)
- Piccola Suite Italiana (2005)
- Puss in Boots (2013)
- Renaissance Suite (2008)
- Solemnitas
- Symphonic Fanfare (2009)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Symphony No. 2 (2018)
- Symphony No. 3 (2021)
- Tom Sawyer Suite (2002)
- Triumphal March
- Un Ballo en Maschera
- Variations on a French Folk Song (2000)
Resources
- Cesarini, F. (2000). Variations on a French Folk Song "Sur le pont d'avignon" [score]. Mitropa Music: Hagendorn, Swit.
- Perusal score