Pas Redoublé
Camille Saint-Saëns (trans. Arthur Frackenpohl)
General Info
Year: 1887 / 1972
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano four-hands
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Snare Drum
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This quickstep concert march (op. 86) is reminiscent of the galops by Offenbach and other 19th century composers. Originally written for four-hand piano in 1887 and published in 1890, this transcription was made by Arthur Frackenpohl in 1972 and dedicated to Harry Phillips and the Crane Wind Ensemble at the State University at Potsdam, New York, where Frackenpohl became a member of the music faculty in 1949.
The tempo of a pas redoublé varies with the proficiency of the performer(s) as well as the wishes of the composer and the customs of that period. Saint-Saëns defended technical virtuosity, because it was for him, a least partially, a gift. During the mid-19th century military units in some nations were marching to a cadence of about 90 steps per minute for the slow march (pas ordinaire), 120 for the quick march (pas redoublé) and 160 to 180 for the double-quick march pas de charge. Frackenpohl recommends a tempo of 144 for this march.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor)
- Audio CD: Edmondton Wind Ensemble (Harry Pinchin, conductor) - 2000
State Ratings
- Iowa: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
- Kansas: V
- Minnesota: I
Performances
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- University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band ( Kimberley Fleming, conductor) - 14 November 2023
- Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL) Wind Symphony (Bryan A. Flippin, conductor) - 24 April 2023
- Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Symphonic Band (Cory Near, conductor) - 11 April 2023
- University of Georgia (Athens) Honor Concert Winds (LaToya Webb, conductor) - 22 January 2023
- Racine (Wisc.) Concert Band (Mark Eichner, conductor) - 1 November 2022
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Wind Ensemble and Edwardsville High School Symphonic Band (Rubén Darío Gómez, conductor) - 1 March 2022
- State University of New York, Fredonia, Wind Symphony (Benjamin Kohl, conductor) - 24 February 2022
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) Symphonic Band (Matt Smith, conductor) - 12 October 2020
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 6 March 2020
- University of California Berkeley Wind Ensemble I (Matthew Sadowski, conductor) – 28 February 2020
- University of Missouri (Columbia) Symphonic Band (Juan Jose Navarro, conductor) – 27 February 2020
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Showcase Honor Band (Robert Meunier, conductor) – 22 February 2020
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (Christopher Tkacik, conductor) – 17 February 2019
- Northern Symphonic Winds (Potsdam, N.Y.) (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) – 15 February 2020
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Clinic Honor Band IV (Matthew Alosi, conductor) – 2 February 2020
- Lakeview High School Wind Ensemble (Hilary Patriok, conductor) - 25 January 2020 (Severance Hall, Cleveland)
- New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Charles Taylor, conductor) – 15 December 2019
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor) – 14 October 2019
- Humboldt State University (Arcata, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Paul Cummings, conductor) – 12 October 2019
- Concordia University (River Forest, Ill.) University Band (Richard R. Fischer, conductor) – 27 September 2019
- Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 15 September 2019
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. Fall) (1877/1938)
- 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)
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (tr. Bulla) (1863/)
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (arr. Kessler) (1863/)
- 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) (1880/1958)
- Marche Militaire Francaise (arr. Lake) (1880/1913)
- 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)
- Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
- First Movement, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3) (tr. Hindsley) (1886/197-?)
- 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
- Saint-Saëns, C.; Frackenpohl, A. (1972). Pas Redoublé = (Double Quick Step): op. 86 [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap, Pa.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 512.