Choral, Instrumental and Chamber Music Compositions and Arrangements

Welcome to this portfolio of musical compositions and arrangements, and thank you for your interest!
In the right-hand column beneath here you should see an alphabetical list of works. You can also choose a list of works with a particular label. Alternatively, you can search for a keyword. (Transcriptions and unpublishable works are listed in a page linked at the bottom, if you are interested.) The files here are all freely available. They do carry copyright, but feel free to adapt and/or perform them as you wish, as long as you print/acknowledge the originator (me!) It is always nice to hear from you if you use any of these compositions and arrangements (my email: philiplebas@gmail.com), but this is not a requirement. My main hope, as for many composers, is simply that the works are performed and appreciated. Happy music-making!
Philip

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sib 6 = Sibelius version 6 source file

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La Boutique Fantasque (Rossini/Repighi)

Scoring: Wind decet, double bass and optional percussion in the last movement (13 minutes)

Date: 2022

Another wind decet arrangement, this time of "La Boutique Fantasque" ("The Fantastic Toyshop") by Rossini and orchestrated by Respighi. Actually, "fantasque" in French means fanciful, whimsical or even magical, and the original score is a wonderful set of pieces forming a ballet concerning a toyshop owner who creates cleverly dancing puppets/dolls. In this arrangement five sections are chosen to make a chamber suite:
1) Overture
2) Mazurka
3) Tarentella
4) Pastorale
5) Can-Can
The ballet is full of fun, ending with the puppets seeing off custoers who want to separate two of the Can-Can dancers who are in love with each other. Think toyshop and you will understand the marching soldiers of the Overture, the dancing dolls of the Mazurka, the hide-and-seek chases of the Tarentella (originally a dance to ward off the tarantula), the cuddly warmth of the Pastorale, and the craziness of the Can-Can!
Optional percussion (triangle, plus anything that can be bashed) has here been scored in the final movement to add to the general riotousness...






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