← Chamber music6Le marchand de sable qui passe, Op. 13
For flute, clarinet, horn, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Also known as The Sandman
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Listen
- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 17 min
- Composed
- 1908
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Incidental music for Jean-Aubry's verse play (1908); four movements for nine players
About this work
- Composed
- 1908
- Dedicated to
- à Mademoiselle Suzanne Berchut
- First performed
- 16 December 1908 in Le Havre, Cercle de l'art moderne; Albert Roussel (conductor)
- Prélude
- Scène II
- Interlude et Scène IV
- Scène finale
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