Belle qui tiens ma vie
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
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Claughton Middle School Symphonic Band (Ogechi Ukazu, conductor) - 2011
State Ratings
- Texas: II. Complete
Performances
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- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Campus Band (Alexander Berglund, conductor) - 27 February 2023
- T.C. Williams High School (Alexandria, Va.) Symphonic Band (Doug Rogers, conductor) – 21 May 2013
- Claughton Middle School (Houston, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Philip Greiger, conductor) – 15 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)
- Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 30 November 2007
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dances from "Orchésographie" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1589)
All Wind Works
- Belle qui tiens ma vie (arr. Margolis) (1588/1999)
- Dances from "Orchésographie" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1589)
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Sword Dance (arr. Phillips and Denison) (1588/2008)
- Two French Dances (arr. Williams) (1967)
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.