Piece Heroique
by Cesar Auguste Franck
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band - Grade 4

SKU: ML.012590080-S

Composed by Cesar Auguste Franck. Arranged by Ton van Grevenbroek. Arrangements of Classical Compositions. Classic Arrangement. Recorded on Tormenta del Desierto (ML.311068720). Score only. Duration 8 minutes, 58 seconds. Molenaar Edition #012590080-S. Published by Molenaar Edition (ML.012590080-S).

Cesar Franck (1822-1890) was born in Liege, Belgium, and his great musical talent was discovered when he was still a small boy. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Paris. In the French capital he was active as a teacher, an organist and a conductor. In 1858 he was appointed organist at the Sainte Clotilde Church in Paris; that church boasted brand new Cavaille-Coll organ. For this instrument Franck wrote << Six pieces pour grand orgue >> (Six pieces for grand organ) in 1862 and in 1878 << Trois pieces pour grand orgue >> (Three pieces for grand organ), one of those pieces being << Piece Heroique >>. This energetic and lively composition starts with the typical rhythm of a traditional French overture. The central choral is in a major key, but then major and minor keys alternate and the work ends with a powerful fortissimo.