Description
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel, arranged for flute orchestra by Shaul Ben-Meir
Scored for 5 C Flutes ( flute 2 doubles on piccolo), 2 Alto Flutes, Bass Flute and Contrabass Flute. Score and parts included.
“Le tombeau de Couperin” was originally composed as a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. It was written between 1914 and 1917 and consists of six movements based on the movements of a traditional Baroque suite. The Minuet movement, arranged here for flute choir, is a gentle dance in G major with a contrasting minor section in the middle.