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• Series: Editions Franco Cesarini
• Publisher: Edition Franco Cesarini
• Format: Softcover
• Score & Parts
• Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
• Arranger: Franco Cesarini
• Price: 93.00 (US)
• Level: 4

La Gioconda, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito, is the most successful theatrical work by Amilcare Ponchielli (1844-1886). In this work there are two dance pieces: the Furlana at the conclusion of the 1st act and the Danza delle ore in the 3rd act.

The Dance of the Hours has a precise choreographic outline: it is a masked ball which includes the “hours” of dawn, day, evening and night successively, and ends with a wild finale of galop. The latter is a sort of fast polka, in binary rhythm and unbridled pace. A French variant of it is the can-can. The finale in galop time of the Dance of the Hours recalls certain playful dances by the composer Jacques Offenbach, such as the famous Can-can that concludes the overture of the operetta Orphée au enfers.

Galop arranged by Franco Cesarini is perfect for an encore!

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