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Daniel Wolf Wrote:
And I (Les) add, at the risk of getting a
little too esoteric:
To up the generational tutorial lineage
leading to Berlioz by one, Le Sueur's own teacher was Abbot Nicolas
Roze. During the 3-hour musical proceedings
on the December 2, 1804 date of Napoleon's coronation, LeSueur conducted
Paisiello's Mass and Te Deum and as well some of his own motets and also his own
'Marche du sacre de Napoleon' from January, 1804 (which had actually
been commissioned by Napoleon for the camp at Boulogne.) Recycling;
why not? During the coronation proceedings Le Sueur also included a
VERY brief 'Vivat' by Roze to pay homage to his teacher and it's a really fine
though very short piece for four-part chorus, full orchestra with
added brass and percussion. All the (above-mentioned)
music has been re-created on a cd of 'Coronation Music for Napoleon I' on
Koch-Schwann (3-1208-2.)
To return to Giovanni's original
question, though, I'd also list Reicha's Marche Funebre (written between 1809 -
1815 while he lived in Paris,) and to move beyond the 1815 parameter
and into the Second Empire, there are also some very fine works
by Francois Coqueterre (Entree des francais dans Sebastopol,) Edouard Ernst
(Bolero Imperial) and Leon Meyer (Bolero) and more = some of which were
commissioned for and/or performed by the Grande Harmonie de Paris -
which was trained by Adolphe Sax under Napoleon III's
regimental commission.
Best,
Les
Les Marsden
Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ahhhhh, Paradise!!!
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