Cyprès et lauriers

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Cyprès et Lauriers, Op. 156, for Organ and Orchestra was written by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1919 to celebrate the Allied victory in World War I^[1][2] and dedicated to then President of France, Raymond Poincaré.^[2]

Structure

The composition is structured in two movements:

1. Cyprès (Poco adagio)
2. Lauriers (Allegro non troppo)

Lasting not quite twenty minutes, the piece is program music divided into two parts. The first, "cyprès" ("cypress"), is a mournful dirge adagio for organ solo, recalling a mournful cypress. Once the orchestra makes its entrance, there is an uplifting and sprightly interplay between the organ and orchestra, reminiscent of a militaristic march (hence the "lauriers", or "laurels") that makes liberal use of brass and a large percussion band (unusually including a snare drum).

Reception

One of Saint-Saëns' more unusual compositions,^[

]

References

Notes

1. ^ Delcamp 2005.
2. ^ ^{a b} Fulcher 2005, pp. 90–91.

Sources

• Delcamp, Robert (2005). "Liner Notes to Naxos 8.557285".
  Naxos Records
  . Retrieved 2013-01-21.
• Fulcher, Jane F. (2005). The Composer As Intellectual : Music and Ideology in France, 1914–1940. Oxford University Press.
  ISBN 9780195346589
  .

External links

• Cyprès et lauriers, Op.156 (Saint-Saëns, Camille): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "SAINT-SAËNS: Cypres et lauriers – Gyula Pfeiffer (organ) with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alpaslan Ertüngealp". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

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