| 57770 | Matadors, Les |
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| Sancho, Ignatius (Arr. Morales, Dion) |  Score
 mp3 audio
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| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Easy |
| Duration: 1:00 |
| Instrumentation: str=16.0.5.5.5 |
| Comments: An English Country Dance. |
| Description: Les Matadors represents an English country dance from Ignatius Sancho's "Minuets Cotillons & Country Dances for the Violin, Mandolin, German Flute, & Harpsichord", published in 1775. Sancho's original Les Matadors piece is accompanied only by a second instrument in quarter and half notes. Dión Morales arranged Les Matadors in celebration of a composer of color through two-part writing in D major for string orchestra, exploring varied dynamics and conversations between groups of two instruments. Accents and melodic skips hold the students' attention as they learn 2/4 time. Students' imaginations will create a matador, in his colorful and grand traje de luces or "suit of lights," posturing with the bull in the arena. Your students will love performing Dión Morales's arrangement of Les Matadors, a level 1 English country dance for string orchestra. |