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Johnstone Creations – MARAIS/JOHNSTONE – Les Folies d’Espagne (“Las Folias”) ….. this music has been specially produced for two cellos.

Download Contents or Instructions:

PDF 1 – BOTH individual cello parts – NO Score (13 pages in all)

The tempo indication is – varied tempo indications offered as a guide, generally moderate to fast

General difficulty of the music – other Information:

DIFFICULT – especially the first cello part.

The Couplets on the “Folies d’Espagne” are a series of variations on the theme of the folia composed by Marais for his second collection of viola de gambas. Top of the repertoire for the instrument, this work testifies to the treasures of inventiveness that baroque composers have been able to deploy to make some notes an unforgettable motif. Published in 1701, originally there were 32 verses on “Les Folies d’Espagne”, lasting about 15-16 minutes. Johnstone’s version for two cellos employs about a half of this amount but arriving at about 190 minutes of duration, in a working which maybe is not ‘purist’ but is respectful! It is still very interesting today for the creative use of resources in the writing for the first cellist – in this case quite clearly the soloist, so making for a most impressive piece for advanced level cello duos!

Since the Renaissance, the composers of scholarly music have developed a keen interest in small and often obscure popular musical motifs, which they appropriate and use as a basis for their compositional work. The theme of “the madness of Spain” (also called the “Faronell” in England, in tribute to the violinist Michel Farinelli who made it known) is undoubtedly the one who inspired the most musicians of the time. It appeared in Portugal in the sixteenth century, and met with great success throughout Europe in the following decades. The folia , because of its repetitive rhythm, its evocative harmonic sequence and its melancholy and simple melody, naturally attracted groups or artists of popular music. Marais is already a recognized composer when he tackles the theme of folia. The variation on a popular theme loses some popularity during the nineteenth century, but the success of the folia in the past still encourages many composers to refer to it directly or indirectly (Lisxt, Rachmaninov, Bacri, Henze and even Britney Spears).

Version for Two Cellos dedicated to:  Fernando Sáenz de Ugarte

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