Flower Duet -from Lakhmé
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Product ID: GM1 CA003
By Léo Delibes
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Series:
Concert Cameos
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra (Solo: Any 2)
Duration:
3:30
Set & Score
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About this item
This lovely duet has been made even more popular in recent years by its use in a number of TV commercials. The orchestral parts are reasonably faithful to Delibes' original scoring. The two soloists (or perhaps duettists?) can be vocal or instrumental. No words are shown in the score or "concert pitch" solo part but it is suggested that singers use their own copy. This arrangement leaves the piece in its original key (B major). This means that transposed parts for certain instruments end up in less friendly keys but we decided that it would just not sound the same in Bb or C!
Instrumentation
Solo voices or instruments (parts included for voices/instruments in C, instruments in Bb, A or Eb)
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in A or Bb (alternative part included), 2 Bassoons
2 Horns in F
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2,Viola, Cello, Bass)
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Composer
Léo Delibes
Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French composer of ballets, operas, and other works for the stage. His most notable works include ballets Coppélia (1870) and Sylvia (1876) as well as the operas Le roi l'a dit (1873) and Lakmé (1883).
Léo Delibes was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, now part of La Flèche (Sarthe), France, in 1836. His father was a mailman, his mother a talented amateur musician. His grandfather had been an opera singer. He was raised mainly by his mother and uncle following his father's early death. In 1871, at the age of 35, the composer married Léontine Estelle Denain. His brother Michel Delibes migrated to Spain; he was the grandfather of Spanish writer Miguel Delibes.
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