Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 2 ("Scènes Hongroises")
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: Orchestra
- Work: Orchestral Suite No. 2 ("Scènes hongroises") (1870)
- Pages: 106
Description
Composed in 1871, the Scènes hongroises was first of the five sets of compositions for orchestra entitled scènes by the composer. The work is divided into four main movements: Entrée en forme de danse, Intermède, Adieux à la fiancée, and Cortège, Bénédiction nuptial, Sortie de l'église; however, within some movements there are various subsections which are denoted by changes in tempo and musical character. Dedicated to Georges Bizet, who created a piano reduction of the score, this work is also known as the Second Suite for Orchestra, with the First Suite for Orchestra being composed a few years prior in 1865 the year he returned to Paris from Rome. Like many other composers, Massenet left Paris during the Commune, but he nevertheless continued to be productive, composing some songs, piano pieces, the Scènes hongroises, and working on the Scènes pittoresques. By the fall of 1871, Massenet was back in the capital to attend rehearsals of his Scènes hongroises which were performed by Pasdeloup on November 26 and then again on December 17 of that year. Massenet scholar, Demar Irvine noted that the "program" for this orchestral suite is a Hungarian wedding scene and he also suggested that the source of inspiration could quite possibly have come from the publication of the two books of Brahms's Hungarian Dances for piano four hands which appeared in 1869.
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Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 2 ("Scènes Hongroises")
