Trois pièces pour flûte

Description
Pierre-Octave Ferroud (19001936) described his music as without superfluous ornament or flaws, a music that is sturdy, healthy, optimistic, a music that just works. Claude Debussys Syrinx (1913) started a fashion for pastoral scenes, it was echoed by Arthur Honeggers Danse de la chèvre around 1919, then by Ferrouds Trois Pièces, which had its première on 13 December 1922.

The first movement, Bergère captive (Captive shepherdess), embodies the pastoral idea with a melody which uses the Locrian mode of B to A. The following movements, Jade and Toan-Yan, are imbued with another theme that was fashionable at the time: orientalism. Since Chinese poetry often refers to jade, and in particular to the jade flute, it is only natural that Ferroud should have made the title his own, giving it a local flavour through pentatonic scales, glissandi, appoggiaturas and repetitive rhythms.

• Historical introduction and notes on interpretation in French and English by the flutist Anne Cartel.
• New engraving.

Specifications
Subtitle di Pierre-Octave Ferroud
Composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud
Instrument Group Flute
Instrumentation Flute
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Series Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Musique Française
Grade of Difficulty Intermediate
Text language English,French
Publisher Editions Salabert
Genre Description Contemporary Music
Year of Publication 2025
No. Pages 16
ISMN 9790048061958
Edition Number SLB 02054500