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Le gay Paris
General Info
Year: 1974 / 1984
Duration: c. 10:25
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €47.50 | Score Only (print) - €21.50
Movements
1. Marche - 5:30
2. Waltz – 2:05
3. Galop – 2:45
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Solo B-flat or C Trumpet
Horn in F I-II
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Gay Paris, spelled in reference to the old French, is akin to a vision of Paris belle époque, inhabited by good moods and joie de vivre, that foreign visitors could have. For the composer, it’s "Paris in terms of the Folies-Bergère, not the Sainte-Chapelle. It is Toulouse Lautrec, and not Charles Peguy." Anticipating future criticism, Françaix adds, "You cannot always be serious, and, as Rabelais says, laughter is the nature of man."
Composed in 1975 and instantly created by Klaus Schöll’s Wind Ensemble who commissioned it, this work features a trumpet soloist, reminiscent of Saint-Saëns’ Septet, surrounded by a wind nonet. This original formation is increased by a contrabassoon part that adds to the richness of its tone, and sounds like a small orchestra of soloists
- Program Note from liner notes for Sens CD Jean Françaix
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana Wind Symphony (Carmel) (Charles Conrad, conductor; Brian Hoover, trumpet) - 16 October 2021
- OBOG Chamber Winds (Singapore) (Chong Loo Kit, trumpet) – 23 January 2016
- Wind Ensemble Mainz (Klaus Rainer Schöll, conductor; Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet) - 27 April 1975 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 9 Pièces Caractéristiques (1974)
- Célestes Schubertiades (1996)
- Concerto pour trombone et 10 instruments à vent (1983)
- Cortège burlesque (1989)
- Divertissement (1947)
- Élégie pour 10 instruments à vent (1990)
- Hommage à l’Ami Papageno (1984)
- Huit danses exotiques (1981)
- Huit pièces pittoresques (1984)
- L'Heure du Berger (1972)
- L'Horloge de Flore (arr. Watson) (1959/2018)
- Le gay Paris (1974)
- Mozart New Look (1981)
- Musique pour faire plaisir (1984)
- Neuf pièces caractéristiques (1973)
- Notturno e Divertimento (1990)
- Ode à la Liberté (1985)
- Onze variations sur un thème de Haydn (1982)
- Petite valse européenne (1979)
- Petit quatuor pour clarinettes et cor de basset (1992)
- Quadruple concerto (1935)
- Quasi improvvisando (1978)
- Quintette à vent n° 1 (1948)
- Quintette à vent n° 2 (1987)
- Sept Danses (1971)
- Sixtuor (1991)
- Suite pour quatuor de saxophones (1990)
- Trois écossaises et variations sur un air populaire allemand (1989)
- Trois marches militaires (1987)
- Variations sur un thème plaisant (1976)
- Wind Quintet No. 1. See: Quintette à vent n° 1
- Wind Quintet No. 2. See: Quintette à vent n° 2
Resources
- Françaix , F. (1975). Le gay Paris : pour trompette-solo, flûte, 2 hautbois, 2 clarinettes, basson, contrebasson et 2 cors (1974) [score]. B. Schott's Söhne: Mainz, Ger.
- Norman, Mark Allen. Le gai paris and Concerto Pour Trombone by Jean Francaix: an analysis and discussion of two works for solo instrument with wind ensemble accompaniment. 2012. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. DMA dissertation.