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L'Arabesque : from 'Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger', version for alto saxophone

by Felicity Wilcox (2014)

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 a movement within the long-form work Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger.

Work Details

Year: 2014

Instrumentation: Alto saxophone. Optional pre-recorded sound.

Duration: 3 min.

Difficulty: Advanced — high register, microtones, slap-tongue, fast runs, extended techniques.

The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Marin Marais, Baroque, early music, recomposition

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