Baerenreiter Verlag Les Folies d'Espagne - Marais/Schmitz - Solo Flute - Sheet Music

Author/Composer:

MARAIS, MARIN

Instrumentation:

FLUTE

Model #:

BA3311

Composer: Marin Marais
Editor: Hans-Peter Schmitz
Format: Sheet Music
Instrumentation: Solo Flute

Many composers -- from Corelli, Albicastro and Alessandro Scarlatti to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and a host of others -- have used the famous sarabande melody called "folia" as the basis for cycles of variations.

Hans-Peter Schmitz's flute arrangement of the "Folies d'Espagne" by Marin Marais (1656-1728), originally conceived for gamba, thoroughly agrees with the flexible scoring and performance practice of the first half of the 18th century, and has long since secured its place in the flute repertoire.