{"product_id":"faure-sicilienne-for-flute-and-piano","title":"Faure- Sicilienne for Flute and Piano","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFaure Sicilienne for Flute and Piano\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaure Sicilienne for Flute and Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSicilienne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePelleas et Melisande\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFlute and Piano\u003cbr\u003eEdited and arranged by Robert Bigio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaure first conceived this Sicilienne as a work for cello\/piano (Op.78). He later included an orchestrated version of it as part of his Op 80 incidental music to Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, ‘Pelleas et Melisande’. In this arrangement, the accompaniment is based on that of the original, while the solo part closely follows the flute part of the orchestral version. Faure’s original tempo indication was Andantino; he changed this to Allegretto molto in the orchestral version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Fauré\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFauré (1845-1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. People regard him as one of the foremost French composers of his generation, not to mention his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers.  He studied at the Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse Paris, aged 9. Fauré then studied piano with Camille Saint-Saëns. After he graduated, he earnt a living as an organist and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1896 he became church organist at the church of La Madeleine in Paris and Professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire. Among his students were Maurice Ravel, Georges Enesco, and Nadia Boulanger. In 1905, he took up the post of Director of the Paris Conservatoire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is best known for his contribution to solo piano repertoire. He also wrote over 100 songs, incidental music for plays, orchestral works, chamber and instrumental pieces, and vocal and church music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Gabriel-Faure\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Gabriel-Faure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRobert Bigio\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Bigio was born in the Middle East but raised in Vancouver, Canada. He earned a BMus from the University of British Columbia prior to relocating to Britain, where he achieved a PhD from the University of London. Robert embarked on a professional flute-playing career spanning numerous years, eventually transitioning into flute making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned for his expertise, he is also recognised as an accomplished author and scholar in the realm of flutes and their manufacture. He served as the editor of the British Flute Society’s journal for a five-year period. Robert has penned two notable flute-centric books: “Readings in the History of the Flute,” an assemblage of writings from nineteenth-century London encompassing monographs, essays, reviews, letters, and advertisements; and the freshly published “Rudall, Rose \u0026amp; Carte: The Art of the Flute in Britain.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bigio.com\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.bigio.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Flutes Plus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55200020562254,"sku":"CH55156","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0885\/5335\/7646\/files\/musch55156_0.jpg?v=1765818880","url":"https:\/\/www.allflutesplus.com\/products\/faure-sicilienne-for-flute-and-piano","provider":"All Flutes Plus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}