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La Princesse Jaune
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Lawrence T. Odom)
The title translates from the French as The Yellow Princess.
General Info
Year: 1872 / 1980
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Unknown | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Solo Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Cello
String Bass
Harp or Piano
Celeste
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Gong
- Orchestra Bells
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Exotic Oriental harmonies provide the tonal setting for this little-known but delightful piece. Preceded by a stately and slow introduction, the overture sweeps to the end with a lively, enchanting finale.
- Program Note from publisher
La princesse jaune ("The Yellow Princess") is an opéra comique in one act and five scenes by composer Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart Theatre) in Paris on 12 June 1872.
Like many French artists at this time, Saint-Saëns was influenced by the Japonism movement in Paris. He appealed to this public taste by choosing a story about a Japanese princess, although it is set in the Netherlands. The music is characterized by a "light and brisk" quality that uses pentatonic harmony to evoke an "oriental" sound.
The story follows Kornélis, a student who is fascinated by all things Japanese, and his cousin Léna, who is in love with Kornélis. Kornélis, however, is too obsessed with his portrait of Ming, a Japanese girl, to notice his cousin's affections for him. In a fantastical dream caused by a potion, Kornélis is transported to Japan. At first enthralled, he eventually becomes disillusioned as he comes to the realization that he is in love with Léna.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Le Carnaval des Animaux (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1886/2018)
All Wind Works
- Aquarium (arr. Moore) (1886/2011)
- Bacchanale (arr. Balent) (1877/2002)
- Bacchanale (arr. Egner) (1877/1926)
- Bacchanale (arr. Hubbell) (1877/1991)
- Bacchanale from "Samson and Delila" (arr. Hanna) (1877/)
- Carnival of the Animals (arr. Brand)
- The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Bocook) (1886/2006)
- The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Curnow) (1886/2008)
- Carnival of the Animals, The (arr. Goto). See Le Carnaval des Animaux
- Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (arr. Giroux) (2015)
- Danse Bacchanale (arr. Steiger) (1877/1985)
- Danse Bacchanale (arr. Bocook) (1877/2004)
- Danse Bacchanale (arr. Singleton) (1877/)
- Danse Macabre (arr. Bender)
- Danse Macabre (tr Hindsley) (tr. Hindsley) (1874/197-?)
- Danse Macabre (arr. Laurendeau) (1874/1903)
- Danse Macabre (arr. Brian Sheldon) (1874/)
- Danse Macabre (arr. Slawson) (1874/2013)
- Part One, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3 (tr. Hindsley) (1886/197-?)
- Finale, Symphony No 3 in C (arr. Slocum) (1886/1974)
- Finale to "Hail! California" (ed. Martin) (1915/2015)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 3" (arr. VanDoren) (1886/2022)
- First Movement, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3) (tr. Hindsley) (1886/197-?)
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (arr. Kessler)
- La Princesse Jaune (arr. Odom) (1872/1980)
- La Princesse Jaune (arr. Lake) (1872/1929)
- La Princesse Jaune (arr. Schyns) (1872/2002)
- Le Carnaval des Animaux (arr. Goto) (1886/2000/2012)
- Le Carnaval des Animaux (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1886/2018)
- March-Scherzo (arr. Marcus) (1853/2015)
- Marche Dédiée aux Étudiants d'Alger (orch. Bouchel) (1921/1925)
- Marche Heroïque (arr. Winterbottom) (1871/1906)
- Marche Interalliée (orch. Balay) (1918/2014)
- Marche Militaire Francaise (tr. Hindsley) (1908/1958)
- Marche Militaire Francaise (arr. Lake) (1908/1913)
- Mon Coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (tr. Niese) (1877/2012)
- Morceau de Concert (arr. Respresas Carrera) (1887/2013)
- Morceau de Concert (tr. Nelson) (1887/1979)
- Orient et Occident (ed. Whitwell) (1869)
- Orient et Occident (arr. Hauswirth) (1869)
- Orient et Occident (ed. Reynish) (1869/1995)
- Orient et Occident (arr. Schissel) (1869/2005)
- Pas Redoublé (arr. Frackenpohl) (1887/1972)
- Prelude and Processional (arr. Elkus) (1883/1957)
- Second Movement, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3) (tr. Hindsley) (1886/200-?)
- Sur les bords du Nil (ed. Hauswirth) (1908/2019)
- Theme from "Samson and Delilah" (arr. Davis) (1877/1964)
- Vers la Victoire (orch. Dondeyne) (1918/2014)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Camille Saint-Saëns." Accessed 4 September 2016.
- La Princess Jaune, Wikipedia Accessed 4 September 2016
- Saint-Saens, C.; Odom, L. (1980). La Princesse Jaune = The Yellow Princess [score]. Neil A. Kjos: Park Ridge, Ill.