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SAINT-SAËNS – Havanaise (Habanera), Op.83, version for SOLO CELLO and Orchestra or Piano Accompaniment

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PDF 1 – Part for CELLO SOLOIST

PDF 2 – Original Orchestral Score

PDF 3 – ALL individual orchestral parts

PDF 4 – PIANO reduction for duo performances

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The Havanaise in E major, Op. 83, is a composition for violin and orchestra based on the habanera rhythm, written in 1887 by French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns for Cuban violinist Rafael Díaz Albertini. The havanaise (habañera in Spanish) is a dance in 2/4 time, with a characteristic four note repeating rhythm. It originated in Havana in the mid nineteenth century. In contrast to Bizet’s famous habañera in Carmen, Saint-Saëns uses the Latin American idiom with restraint.

The composition consists of a single multi-tempo movement marked Allegretto lusinghiero – Allegro – Tempo primo – Allegretto – Allegro non troppo – Più Allegro – Allegretto – Lento and lasts around ten minutes in performance.

The characteristic four note repeating rhythm is heard quietly in the cellos at the outset, accompanying the soloist who plays a lyrical, romantic melody in a triplet-duplet rhythm which permeates the piece. The gentle and reflective mood recurs regularly, often accompanied quietly by the havanaise rhythm. It is contrasted with fiery episodes full of virtuosic passages for the soloist. The piece ends calmly and quietly with a high E from the soloist.

At the orchestral premiere in Paris, on 7th January 1894, the violin soloist was Martin Pierre Marsick. It is now one of the standards of the classical concertante repertoire, but probably the FIRST time it has been contemplated as a CELLO SOLO – a warning that the writing is difficult, but actually well-playable by soloists or budding soloists!

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