A la Française
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Title | A la Française |
Alternative Title | Cover, top; p. 2, top: A la Française / Marche Patriotique |
Composer | Picazo, Miguel |
Lyricist | Milandy, Georges [pseudonym of Maurice Nouhaud] |
Publisher | |
Year of Publication | 1916 |
Date of Copyright | 1916-02-23 |
Physical Description | 1 score, piano solo ([1],2-7, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | This version of Picazo’s music is for piano solo, without lyrics. There is no evidence that this composition ever attained any degree of popularity in the United States; its reception in France is difficult to assess, but there are few surviving copies. |
Historical Note |
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Musical Note | This virtuosic march was probably intended as concert repertoire, as is suggested by the opus number, the length, and the extensive expressive markings. To make it playable by less accomplished pianists, a sentence at the bottom of pp. 2 and 7 reads “Pour simplifier ne pas faire les octaves.” The form is somewhat unusual: an introduction is followed by march and trio in the subdominant; then, after a short modulation back to the original key, there is an altogether new strain; the piece then modulates again to the subdominant and presents the introduction, a bridge, and the trio. A coda returns to the original tonic and presents the introductory material again, with cadential extensions. Throughout there is extensive use of walking bass, chromatic inflections, and fanfare figures. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | France |
Musical Genre | March |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Rights | The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions |
Artist | Clérice Frères |
Printer | |
Cover Description | Troops charging across a battlefield, bearing a tattered French flag; barbed-wire fence in foreground, clouds of smoke in background; in front of all, an unattributed inset photograph of General Joffe. Orange, red, blue and black on white; signed BR. |
Back Cover Description | Sample: Les pleurs que nous versons (© 1914 05 30), with photographic portrait of Miguel Picazo. |
Performance Medium | piano solo |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_073 |
Collection Title | James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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