SERENADE, TRANSCRIBED FOR CELLO AND PIANO BY MAURICE GENDRON
COMPOSER: FRANCIS POULENC

SERIES: HEUGEL
PUBLISHER: HEUGEL
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
CELLO PART AND PIANO SCORE

DESCRIPTION:
-“BORN IN PARIS IN 1899, FRANCIS POULENC SOON BECAME A NOTABLE COMPOSER AND PIANIST. HIS SERENADE, ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN 1925-1926 FOR VOICE AND PIANO, MET MUCH SUCCESS AS PART OF HIS BAWDY SONGS. THEREFORE, IT WAS WELL-RECEIVED WHEN MAURICE GENDRON TRANSCRIBED IT FOR CELLO AND PIANO. POULENC, AS A MEMBER OF LES SIX, COMPOSED MUSIC IN A STYLE CONTRARY TO THAT OF RICHARD WAGNER AND IMPRESSIONISTS CLAUDE DEBUSSY AND MAURICE RAVEL. SERENADE REFLECTS THE COMPOSER`S CONTRASTING STYLE, MAKING USE OF A 6/8 TIME SIGNATURE, DOUBLE STOPS, VARIATIONS IN ARTICULATION AND WIDE RANGE ON THE CELLO. BEING AN IMAGINATIVE AND EVOCATIVE COMPOSITION, SERENADE, TRANSCRIBED FOR CELLO AND PIANO, IS A PLEASURABLE ADDITION TO THE REPERTOIRE.”