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From "Dance of the Hours"

COMPOSER/AUTHOR Amilcare Ponchielli
ARRANGER Franco Cesarini
WORK NO. n.a.
PRODUCT CATEGORY Concert Band
EDITION NO. EFC 024
GENRE Arrangement
DIFFICULTY GRADE 4
DURATION 02:00
YEAR OF RELEASE 2023
SERIES Classical Series
PUBLISHER Edition Franco Cesarini

La Gioconda, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito, is the most successful theatrical work by Amilcare Ponchielli (1844-1886). In this work there are two dance pieces: the Furlana at the conclusion of the 1st act and the Danza delle ore in the 3rd act.
 
The Dance of the Hours has a precise choreographic outline: it is a masked ball which includes the “hours” of dawn, day, evening and night successively, and ends with a wild finale of galop. The latter is a sort of fast polka, in binary rhythm and unbridled pace. A French variant of it is the can-can. The finale in galop time of the Dance of the Hours recalls certain playful dances by the composer Jacques Offenbach, such as the famous Can-can that concludes the overture of the operetta Orphée aux enfers.
 
Galop arranged by Franco Cesarini is perfect for an encore!

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