Belle qui tiens ma vie

From Wind Repertory Project
Jehan Tabourot

Jehan Tabourot (arr. Bob Margolis)


This title translates from the French as Beauty Who Has My Life


General Info

Year: 1588 / 1999
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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 I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Tam-Tam


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Belle qui tiens ma vie ("Beauty who has my life") was first published in Arbeau's famous treatise on dance, Orchésographie. It is a stately pavane composed in duple meter, and is the only four-part arrangement included in his book.

The original pavane consists of two sections, each repeated twice. Arbeau erote the tune in alla breve and set the accompaniment with a repeated rhythm that he refers to as "one white note and two blacks." Musicians probably performed this rhythm on the tabor drum.

- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band


Media


State Ratings

  • Texas: II. Complete


Performances

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Resources

  • Arbeau, T.; Margolis, B. (1984). Belle qui tiens ma vie = (Beauty who has my life) : Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jehan Tabourot." Accessed 4 January 2017
  • Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 270-278.