TRN Music La Comparsa (from ''Danzas Afro-Cubanos'' Suite) - Lecuona/Walker - Concert Band - Gr. 3.5

Author/Composer:

LECUONA, ERNESTO

Instrumentation:

CONCERT BAND

Grade/Level:

3.5

Model #:

CBLAC4

Composer: Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963)
Arranger: Ben M. Walker
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level: 3.5

Lecouna first used his melody La Comparsa in his first ballet of the same name, composed in 1912. He later reused this melody and included it in his piano suite Danzas Afro-Cubanas. La Comparsa is a carnival procession in the Cuban style, beginning quite softly as if the procession were approaching from a distance. The piece culminates as the procession passes directly in front of the listener and then fades as it moves on its way.