{"product_id":"massenet-meditation-from-thais-arr-for-violin-peters","title":"Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs (arr. for violin)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/jules-massenet\"\u003eJules Massenet (1842-1912)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArranger\u003c\/strong\u003e: Roger Nichols\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation (this edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Violin\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eOriginally for\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eViolin, Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/massenet-meditation-from-thais\"\u003eMéditation from Thaïs\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790577081335\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.3\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.9\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis arrangement for violin and piano of the famous \u003cem\u003eMéditation\u003c\/em\u003e from Massenet's opera \u003cem\u003eThaïs\u003c\/em\u003e from Edition Peters contains separate violin and piano parts and has been arranged and edited by Roger Nichols. One of the world's foremost authorities on the music of France, Roger Nichols has published and broadcast extensively on the music of composers such as Ravel, Satie, Debussy, Chabrier and Berlioz. in 2006 he was appointed \u003cem\u003echevalier de la Légion d'honneur\u003c\/em\u003e for his services to French music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThaïs\u003c\/em\u003e , Massenet's tenth completed opera, had its première at the Paris Opéra on 16 March 1894 with the American soprano Sibyl Sanderson in the title role. The libretto by Louis Gallet was based on Anatole France's novel of the same name, serialized in the \u003cem\u003eRevue des deux mondes\u003c\/em\u003e in 1889 and published in book form the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story tells of the conversion to Christianity of the courtesan Thaïs by the holy man Athanael, and his parallel but opposite conversion to a life dominated by lust for her. The \"Méditation\" for solo violin and orchestra, joining the two scenes of Act II, describes the beginning of Thaïs's conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work was not received well initially; by 1897, when Sanderson retired, it had reached only its fourteenth performance. But the \"Méditation\" was an instant success with violinists, and its religious association also encouraged church organists to play it at Mass during the Communion. Even Pope Pius X's \u003cem\u003emotu proprio\u003c\/em\u003e of 1903, specifically demanding that the music heard in church should \"not include reminiscences of those employed in the opera house\", could not prevail against it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edition Peters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043027605,"sku":"EP7510","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/60897dc9194b10c19b025c0683a3e1f1.jpg?v=1749578892","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/massenet-meditation-from-thais-arr-for-violin-peters","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}