Paul Dukas :: L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)


 

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Dukas, Paul
1865-1935
(b Paris, 1 Oct 1865; d Paris, 17 May 1935). French
L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) <1897>
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Serenissima critital ed by Clinton F. Nieweg; Breitkopf urtext ed Jean-Paul Montagnier.
Glock part probably intended for keyboard glockenspiel, but usually played on a mallet instrument.
A narration, cued to the music and suitable for youth and family concerts, has been prepared by Neal Gittleman; it may be found online at
http://tinyurl.com/hh6cex5 or https://db.tt/kuDuihtD.
Source of text: Goethe: Der Zauberlehrling.
The well-known story of the hapless apprentice who knows enough to initiate a magical action, but doesn't know how to stop it. The story's origin is a poem by Goethe.