Bonneau: Suite / alto saxophone and piano
| Publisher | Alphonse Leduc |
| Genre: | classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | melody / piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Format: | book |
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| Product code: | AL20303 |
| Composer: | Bonneau, Paul |
| No. of songs: | 4 |
| Pages: | 18 |
| Language: |
English
German French Spanish |
| Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
| ISMN: | 9790046203039 |
Songlist (4)
- Suite - Improvisation
- Suite - Danse des démons
- Suite - Plainte
- Suite - Espieglerie
Product description
Suite for alto saxophone and piano is a four-movement composition ( Improvisation / Danse des démons / Plainte / Éspièglerie). The individual movements can be played independently of each other, as miniatures. The suite is written in the style of French neoclassicism, typical of the first half of the 20th century, and is a witness to the flowering of the French saxophone school with a typically classical sound at a time when jazz was sweeping Europe. The book includes piano accompaniment plus a separately inserted part for saxophone.
Paul Bonneau (1918 – 1995) was a French conductor, composer and arranger. He studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. In 1939, he was Army deputy chief of music and in 1945 was made director of music for the Republican Guard. He then became conductor of light orchestral music on national radio, a position he held for thirty years. Bonneau worked as a composer or as co-composer to 51 French films, and many short films too. He was also the composer of light orchestral music suites, many pieces for orchestra and composed of many light melodies and songs. He also wrote a large number of orchestral arrangements and vocal accompaniments for varieties.
