MIGOT, Georges 1891-1976

Le livre des danceries quatre pièces pour orchestre. [Full score]

Paris: Alphonse Leduc [PN 17833], 1931.

Folio. Original publisher's ivory printed wrappers with titling within ruled border to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto instrumentation, verso blank), 94 pp.
Printed dedication: "a Madame Emma Leduc-Ravina."

Contains:
1. Introduction – 2. Gai – 3. Religieux – 4. Conclusion

Wrappers very slightly worn and soiled; spine reinforced with white linen tape; price stamped to upper corner, with "Printed in France" to lower inner corner. Browned, slightly heavier to edges.

[?]First Edition.

The present work premiered in the original trio version in Paris by the Ars Nova Trio on 21 January 1930.

"Georges Migot, the French painter, engraver, poet, philosopher, aesthete, and composer, remains little known in today's musical world. His music was performed a good deal and his talent duly appreciated in the period between the wars. After the Second World War, however, his work, like that of numerous other so-called independent creators, fell into neglect. Though unique, Migot was certainly no musical pariah. The composer was an active and highly acclaimed participant in French musical life who, at around the time the Trio was composed, became president of "La Spirale," an influential Parisian concert society dedicated to offering performances of newly-composed French and international works. The stylistically unified Livre des danceries for flute, violin, and piano, is clearly indebted to this aesthetic. Written in 1929, three of its four movements were dedicated to the members of the "Ars Nova" Trio (Jan Merry, flute; Colette Franz, violin; and Elen Merry, piano), which premiered the work in early 1930." Liner notes from Trio Hochelaga's album Georges Migot.

Item #33783

Price: $40.00  other currencies