Pavane op. 50, Gabriel Faure. Violin and Piano

Pavane

Composer: Fauré, Gabriel
Editor: Birtel, Wolfgang
Instrumentation: violin and piano
Edition: Sheet music
Order No.: ED0 9915
ISMN: 979-0-001-17908-9

DESCRIPTION

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (18451924).
In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he not only worked as a church musician but also as a teacher. In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane opus 50, originally intended for a concert providing light entertainment, which soon gained wide popularity as an orchestral setting without and with the chorus added by Fauré.
The romantic, slightly melancholy melody is a catchy tune which, thanks to the present arrangement, can now also be performed soloistically with piano accompaniment.