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L’isle joyeuse
Claude Debussy (arr. Toshio Mashima)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1904 / 2005
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $22.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Castanets
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Considering the piano music of Debussy (1862-1918), L'isle joyeuse (The Isle of Joy) is in the larger scale, needing virtuosity to perform. It was composed in 1904, between Estampes (1903) and Images (1905-07). While Debussy's style is often more subdued, this piece is joyous and colorful with a grandiose climax.
Debussy was inspired by The Embarkation for Cythera of Watteau, French Rococo painter of the 18th century, and so titled the piece. The island of Cythera had a shrine of Aphrodite (Venus) that lovers eagerly visited in ancient days. In fact, Watteau's picture is considered to depict the debarkation from Cythera, because the lovers are on the island, ready to leave.
- Program Note by publisher
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Hebron High School Wind Symphony (Andy Sealy, conductor) - 2011
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: V
- Tennessee: VI
- Texas: V. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Hebron High School (Carrolton, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Andy Sealy, conductor) - 9 March 2018 (83rd Annual ABA National Convention)
- Guyer High School (Denton, Tx.) Wind Ensemble Band (Amy Woody, conductor) – 2016
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)
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (arr. Odom) (1904/2019
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Akey) (1910/1995)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Longfield) (1910/1987)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Mortimer) (1910/2016)
- 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) (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)
- Sarabande (tr. Bennefield) (1894/1901/2020)
- Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet (arr. Thompson)
- Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)
