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Saint-Saëns - Septet for Trumpet, Piano & Strings - Parts (BAR)

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Saint-Saëns - Septet for Trumpet, Piano & Strings - Parts (BAR)
Price:
28.41 USD
Instrument:
Chamber Music
Sub Instrumentation:
Strings with Wind/Brass
Composer:
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Publisher:
Bärenreiter
Editor/Arranger:
Teller Ratner, Sabina
ISBN/ISMN:
979-0-006-57923-5
SKU:
SAINT108

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For a long time, Camille Saint-Saëns was reluctant to compose a chamber music piece with trumpet for his friend Émile Lemoine and his chamber music association "La Trompette": "I can happily write you a concerto for twenty-five guitars [...] but for trumpet? Impossible." Finally, he gave in and wrote a Préambule in 1880 and a year later the four further movements of the "Septuor" for trumpet, two violins, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano. With its neo-baroque tonal language, the work enjoyed great popularity during Saint-Saëns’ lifetime, which surprised the composer time and again.