Sheet Music: Score
French Suite : for soprano and chamber ensemble / Edward Primrose.
by Edward Primrose (1980)
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- Instrumentation: Lyric soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute, trombone, 3 guitars, viola/violin, cello, percussion.
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The work is partly inspired by the French Suites of J.S.Bach and certain techniques from the Baroque.
The text is in French and is lifted from "L'homme approximatif" (Approximate Man) by the Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara.
In the first movement there is a link made between Tzara's ".. drawing a bitter substance from the past" with the iconic harmonic formulation for that other Tristan, from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde.
There are nine movements, each of which omits one of the nine performers except for the last movement which incorporates the full ensemble.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (76p. -- A4 (landscape))
Difficulty: Advanced — The vocal part has a wide range
Duration: 23 mins
1. Prelude -- 2. Allemande -- 3. Courante -- 4. Sarabande -- 5. Air -- 6. Menuet -- 7. Passacaille -- 8. Postlude -- 9. Gigue.
First performance by Seymour Group, Rosemary Richards, Edward Primrose — 27 Aug 80. The Great Hall, Sydney University
Includes copy of text (in French with English translation).
Revised 2020.
Winner of the ASME Young Composers Award in 1980.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced Mar 26.
ISMN: 979-0-720241-03-6
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