| 58805 | DEUX MORCEAUX: Cortege |
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| Boulanger, Lili (Arr. Monday, Deborah Baker) |  Score
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| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Medium Difficult |
| Duration: 3:00 |
| Instrumentation: str=8.8.5.5.5 |
| Comments: 3rd movement in Trois Morceaux, the original version for solo piano; 2nd movement in the later arranged violin/piano version, Deux Morceaux. |
| Description: Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) was a gifted French composer whose amazing talent became evident at an early age. "Cortège" is the third movement in "Trois Morceaux", a set of pieces first composed for solo piano, but later arranged for violin and piano by the composer. Some of Lili's writing idioms appear in "Cortège" such as harmonic shifts, free use of chromatics, and even subtle use of a whole tone scale. A cortege is a kind of procession, sometimes for a funeral, but in this case the procession is more upbeat and cheerful. |