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Casseus, Frantz - Guitar Works

Catalogue No: ECH1721
Arrangementguitar
Product FormatSheet Music
ComposerCasseus, Frantz
EditorMesirca, Alberto / Ribot, Marc
£22.99
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Pages72
Publication Date1 January 2014
ISMN9790204717217 (M204717217)
UPC841886034419

Frantz Casséus (1915 - 1993) pioneered the introduction of the classical guitar in Haiti and is the acknowledged father of the Haitian classical guitar. His life project of composing original music which reflected the traditions and ‘captured the spirit’ of the music of his native Haiti may seem obvious from a contemporary standpoint: in the Haiti of the 1930s and 1940s, it was anything but. To imagine a fusion of the European classical tradition and Haitian folk music, and perceive the “Haitian spirit” as relevant and necessary to “the realm of transnational art” was a bold and shocking innovation. Casséus carried out his project with great dedication, passion, aesthetic sensitivity, and lyric genius. Here we present a new edition of his guitar compositions collected and edited by Marc Ribot, his former pupil and Alberto Mesirca, who has issued a CD which contains nearly all the works in this volume.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Notes to the pieces
  3. Haitian Suite: 1. Petro
  4. 2. Yanvalloux
  5. 3. Mascaron
  6. 4. Coumbite
  7. Deux Pièces Caractéristiques: 1. Congo
  8. 2. Rara
  9. Simbi
  10. Dance of the Hounsies
  11. On Sunday
  12. Prelude No. 1
  13. Romance
  14. Valse
  15. Serenade Lointaine
  16. Cahnson (Atibon)
  17. Prelude (No. 2)
  18. Merengue
  19. Improvisation
  20. Romance (1978)
  21. Untitled July 17, 1957
  22. Works from Notebook No. 99: Lullaby in C Major
  23. Nan Guinin
  24. Etude No. 1
  25. Meringue No.2
  26. Untitled in A Major
  27. Chanson in A Major
  28. Chanson in E Minor
  29. Lullaby-Dodo Titit Manman
  30. Just for you and me
  31. Yanvalou
  32. Nibo
  33. Sobo
  34. Vie Bègue
  35. Haiti (original title: Haitian Merengue)
  36. Adieu Foulard (original title: Chanson Creole)
  37. Atibon (Version 2)
  38. Meringue Frangeul
  39. Ballad in B Minor
  40. Untitled (November 4-41)
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