• Contents (1) Pan, (2) Tityre, (3) Krishna, (4) M^r. de la Pejaudie
• Composer: ROUSSEL, Albert (1869 - 1937)
• Instrumentation: flute and piano / flute and flute
• Difficulty Level: Advanced [ UK grade 7 - 8 ]
• Duration: (1) 4'00" (2) 2'00" (3) 4'30" (4) 2'20" [approximations]
• 2nd flute part by: R. Trubger
• 979070-8135-03-6

Lush french music with the scent of the orient, presumably inspired by the composer's time in India. Each of the four movements is a character study of a flute player friend of Roussel:-

1. Pan, [god of nature, always depicted with ‘pan pipes’] is dedicated to the legendary Marcel Moyse.
2. Tityre [Virgil’s Good Shepherd who plays on a slender pipe] is dedicated to the Conservatoire’s flute teacher Gaston Blanquart.
3. Krishna [Hindu god who plays a transverse flute] is dedicated to Louis Fleury who also gave the first performance of the work.
4. Mr. de la Péjaudie [an amazing flute player in a novel by H. Regnier] is dedicated to Philippe Gaubert.

The flute duet* (13 pp) comprises the flute solo plus all the accompaniment compressed into a single line for a second flute player. The accompaniment for piano remains as composed by Roussel.

SAMPLE:

Roz's notes: some students find the rhythms of these pieces to be quite tricky, so I found the duet versions to be especially helpful.
We also publish Tityre in an arrangement for 4 flute players (2 C flutes and 2 alto flutes.