La danse (Meyer, Arthur)

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Le Gaulois, 1888.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Le Gaulois, 1889.
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For Flute, Clarinet, Harp, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Riehl)

7 more: Flute • Clarinet (B♭) • Harp • Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

Arranger Markus Riehl (b. 1969)
Publisher. Info. Markus Riehl, 2023.
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Work Title La danse
Alternative. Title
Composer Meyer, Arthur
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Key see section listing
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 40 dances (for piano unless otherwise indicated):
  1. Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) – La dérobée, fantaisie sur un air breton (E minor)
  2. Charles Gounod (1818-1893) – Vieux menuet for string orchestra (D major)
  3. Ernest Reyer (1823-1909) – Danse polynésienne (C minor)
  4. Jules Massenet (1842-1912) – Fandango (D major)
  5. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) – Bourrée (A minor)
  6. Léo Delibes (1836-1891) – Rigaudon (B major)
  7. Ernest Guiraud (1837-1892) – Saltarelle (A minor)
  8. Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926) – Danse hindoue (B minor)
  9. Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) – Chaconne, style panaché (E minor)
  10. César Franck (1822-1890) – Danse lente (F minor)
  11. Victorin de Joncières (1839-1903) – Moravienne (C major)
  12. Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) – Gavotte (A minor)
  13. Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) – Gaillarde (E minor)
  14. Gaston Salvayre (1847-1916) – Menuet de Mozart, transcription (F major)
  15. idem. – Pantomime, valse-mazurke (D major)
  16. Ferdinand Poise (1828-1892) – Petit air de danse (A major)
  17. Émile Pessard (1843-1917) – Valse fantaisiste (E major)
  18. Paul Véronge de La Nux (1853-1928) – Farandole (G major)
  19. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) – Pavane, for mixed chorus and piano (F minor)
  20. Charles Lecocq (1832-1918) – Fricassée (D major)
  21. Raoul Pugno (1852-1914) – Tricotet (G major)
  22. Maurice Moszkowski (1854-1925) – Polonaise (D major)
  23. Johann Strauss (1825-1899) – Wiener Frauen, valse (A minor)
  24. Edmond Audran (1840-1901) – Air de ballet, valse lente (A major)
  25. Edmond de Polignac (1834-1901) – La danse du serpent, Salammbô, chapitre X
  26. Marquis d'Ivry (1829-1903) – Stornello dansé, for piano and voice ad lib. (G major)
  27. André Messager (1853-1929) – Passe-pied (A major)
  28. Gaspar Villate (1851-1891) – Danse cubaine, page d'album (A major)
  29. Francis Thomé (1850-1909) – Gigue (F major)
  30. Robert Planquette (1848-1903) – Redowa, roses de Noël (F major)
  31. Paul Lacôme (1838-1920) – Galop (E major)
  32. Camille Benoit (1851-1923) – Montagnarde, esquisse musicale for flute, violin and piano (E major)
  33. Albert Cahen (1846-1923) – Tambourin (A minor)
  34. Gaston Serpette (1846-1904) – Quadrille (A major)
  35. Clément Lippacher (1850-1934) – Mazurka (B major)
  36. Joseph Gung'l (1810-1889) – L'âme, Csárdás (G minor)
  37. Philipp Fahrbach (1843-1894) – Le coq gaulois, polka (C major)
  38. Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) – France et Russie, polka-mazurka (C major)
  39. Leopold de Wenzel (1847-1925) – Tout ou rien!, valse (E major)
  40. Louis Varney (1844-1908) – Boston-valse (D major)
First Publication. 1888
Librettist Foreword by Henri Meilhac (1831–1897) ("Profils de danseuses").
Language French
Dedication à ses abonnés
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano (36) ; voice, piano (1) ; mixed chorus, piano (1) ; flute, violin, piano (1) ; sting orchestra (1)
Extra Information Pieces compiled by Meyer and published by Le Gaulois for its subscribers (abonnés). A collection of original dance compositions by various well-known composers of the time, many of which were not published elsewhere.