Cendrillon
Jules Massenet (arr. Lawrence Odom)
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Subtitle: Marche des Princesses
General Info
Year: 1886 /
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Masssenet had just settled into a genteel country estate when he undertook the writing of Cendrillon. The composer, in collaboration with his librettist Henri Cain, created a lavish four-act opera that was completed in 1896 and premiered in the spring of 1899 at the Opéra-Comique. Cendrillon was an immediate success, and received 50 performances before the end of the year. Ever sensitive to the desire of his audience, Massenet included ballet sequences to be performed during scene changes in order to keep the opera-goers entertained.
- Program Note by Elizabeth K. Campeau for liner notes for U.S. Air Force Band CD French Impressions
Cendrillon (Cinderella) is an opera—described as a "fairy tale"—in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn based on Perrault's 1698 version of the Cinderella fairy tale. It gave its premiere performance on 24 May 1899 in Paris.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: U.S. Air Force Band (Lowell Graham, conductor) - 2008
- Audio CD: Clarence Wind Ensemble (William Eicher, conductor) - 2009
State Ratings
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Performances
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- Clarence (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (William Eicher, conductor) – 17 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air Alsacien (arr. Erickson)
- Cendrillon (arr. Odom) (1886/)
- The Last Dream of the Virgin
- Le Cid (tr. Odom) (1885/1975)
- Le Cid (tr. Reynolds) (1885/1985)
- Meditation from the Opera "Thaïs" (arr. Brand) (1894/2006)
- Meditation from "Thaïs" (arr. Harding) (1894/1951)
- Meditation from "Thaïs" (arr. Isaac) (1894/1950)
- Parade Militaire
- Phèdre Overture (tr. Cailliet) (1873/1965)
- Scènes Napolitaines (arr. Laurendeau) (1864-75?/1915)
- Scenes Pittoresques
Resources
- Cendrillon, Wikipedia Accessed 5 July 2021