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Girl with the Flaxen Hair, The (Bernotas)
Claude Debussy (tr. Bernotas)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1909 / 2013
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bandworks Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Known as La fill aux cheveux de lin in French, this piece is the eighth of Claude Debussy’s well-known Preludes, Book 1 (1909- 1910) for piano. Set at 60 beats per minute and marked “calmly and expressive,” this arrangement is legato cantabile throughout and makes effective use of rubato. It begins with an unaccompanied solo scored for either clarinet or flute. This arpeggiated phrase is immediately answered by the brass choir and restated by the woodwind choir. Near the conclusion of the work, the opening idea returns, scored in the solo trumpet and leads to a quiet ending. This arrangement is an inviting and rewarding way to develop an appreciation for this significant style period and important French composer, but the musical challenges place it at the more difficult end of this grade level. It will program best where a change of pace is needed.
-Program Note from The Instrumentalist, Aug. 2013, p. 41.
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin) is the eighth of Claude Debussy’s Préludes, Book I (1909-1910), for piano. It is gentle, fluid, and full of light, flowing harmonies. This colorful adaptation of one of Debussy’s best-known works will be a worthy challenge and a musically rewarding experience for all medium- and advanced-level ensembles.
-Program Note by publisher.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
State Ratings
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Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- Afternoon of a Faun, The (arr. Walters) (1894/1950/1999?)
- Beau Soir (arr. Warner)(1880/1971)
- Children’s Corner Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1908)
- Clair de lune (arr. de Meij) (1890/1905/2017)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Akey) (1910/1995)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Longfield) (1910/1987)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1910/1993)
- Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (tr. Tatebe)
- Four Debussy Songs (trans. Anderson) (2018)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (arr. Curnow) (1908/1985)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Brand) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Bernotas) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Moss) (1910/2007)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Sparke) (1910/2007)
- Hommage à Rameau (arr. Hunsberger) (1905/2009)
- La Mer (trans. Odom) (1905/)
- L’isle joyeuse (arr. Mashima) (1904/2005)
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Schaeffer) (1891/1908/1964)
- Marche Écossaise (tr Scatterday) (tr. Scatterday) (1891/1908)
- 'Menuet' from Suite Bergamasque (arr. Keane Southard) (1890/2012)
- Minstrels (tr. Scarbrough) (1910/2016)
- Pagodes from "Estampes" (arr. Grainger) (1996)
- Petite Suite (tr. Winterbottom)
- Petite Suite (arr. Kimura)
- Premiere Arabesque (1891)
- Premiere Rhapsody (arr. Walker; ed. Pappas) (1910/1963/2004)
- Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet arr.Ray Thompson
- Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)
References
- Chris Bernotas website
- La fille aux cheveux de lin, Wikipedia Accessed 6 August 2018
