Work
Fragment 3 : from 'Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger', version for soprano saxophone and viola da gamba
by Felicity Wilcox (2014)
Score
Fragment 3 : from 'Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger', version for soprano saxophone and viola da gamba / by Felicity Wilcox and Marin Marais.
Library shelf no. 785.4412/WIL 8 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This is a recomposition from the Suitte d'un Gout Etranger, composed by Marin Marais in 1717. It builds on his earlier work significantly, by borrowing phrases from it and transforming them with 21st c. techniques. This fragment stands alone as an individual piece or as Movt 11 within the long-form work Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger.
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone, viola da gamba.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Filigree and Baroque gestures. Alternate notation.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Marin Marais, Baroque, early music, recomposition
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