Dr. David Mathie
Trombonist, Professor, Arranger
Debussy & Dukas - Two Orchestral Fanfares
1. Fanfare Pour Preceder La Peri
2. Fanfare To Act III, Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
Eight-part Trombone Choir
Difficulty Level: College/Professional
Published by Alessi Publications, Catalog Number ALPUB47
Click below to see a performance of the Dukas Fanfare Pour Preceder La Peri. Dr. David Jackson conducts the University of Michigan Trombone Choir.
Click below to hear the Debussy Fanfare To Act III, Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
Paul Dukas: Fanfare pour précéder "La Peri" (1912)
Dukas' final work was an expansive tone poem for full orchestra, titled La Peri. Written in
a lush late Romantic style, the work is probably known best for the short brass Fanfare that
opens the work. Even though Dukas lived until 1935, this tone poem was his final
publication.
The fanfare was scored for four horns, three trumpets, three trombones and tuba. This
transcription retains all the original harmonies, dynamics and articulations.
a lush late Romantic style, the work is probably known best for the short brass Fanfare that
opens the work. Even though Dukas lived until 1935, this tone poem was his final
publication.
The fanfare was scored for four horns, three trumpets, three trombones and tuba. This
transcription retains all the original harmonies, dynamics and articulations.
Claude Debussy: Fanfare to Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, Act III (1911)
Although an important work written by a major composer, Le Martyre is rarely performed
today. The music was composed in 1911 as incidental music for a play by Gabriele
D'Annunzio, but the one-hour work only remains today in fragments. While not indicated
in the fragment of the score, the opening Prelude of the third act has two short brass
fanfares that now exist only in parts published by Durand. The first is a dramatic work of
approximately three minutes, the second is a very short eight-bar restatement of the theme
of the first.
These fanfares were written for four trumpets, six horns, three trombones, tuba and timpani
(which only adds rhythmic emphasis). Again, this transcription of the longer first fanfare
retains all of Debussy's harmonies, dynamics and articulations.
today. The music was composed in 1911 as incidental music for a play by Gabriele
D'Annunzio, but the one-hour work only remains today in fragments. While not indicated
in the fragment of the score, the opening Prelude of the third act has two short brass
fanfares that now exist only in parts published by Durand. The first is a dramatic work of
approximately three minutes, the second is a very short eight-bar restatement of the theme
of the first.
These fanfares were written for four trumpets, six horns, three trombones, tuba and timpani
(which only adds rhythmic emphasis). Again, this transcription of the longer first fanfare
retains all of Debussy's harmonies, dynamics and articulations.