ntermediate String/ull ORCHESTRA Grade Girl with the laxen Hair 1 Conductor 2 lute 2 Oboe 1 1st b Clarinet 1 2nd b Clarinet 1 b ass Clarinet 2 assoon 4 Horn 1 1st b Trumet 1 2nd b Trumet Trombone CLAUDE DEUSSY Arranged by ROY HLLE NSTRUMENTATON ROGRAM NOTES Claude Debussy s beautiul comosition, Girl with the laxen Hair ( La ille aux Cheveux de Lin ), comes rom his irst book o iano reludes Comosed in 1910, his insiration came rom the oem o the same name by Leconte de Lisle ts wistul, sometimes layul, motis create a mental image o a young girl daydreaming o what the uture may bring t is Debussy at his imressionistic best with a lovely melody and rich harmonies NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR NOTE ROM THE EDTOR 1 1 Mallet ercussion (Vibrahone) 1 iano (Otional) 8 1st Violin 8 2nd Violin 5 rd Violin (Viola ) 5 Viola 5 5 String ass This arrangement is layable by strings alone or with the addition o any combination o winds irst we set the atmosheric mood with strings, clarinet, vibrahone and iano As other instruments oin in, it is imortant to kee a eeling o tranquility Two o the most imortant characteristics o imressionistic music are careul attention to dynamics and temo changes or examle, M10 has a diminuendo, M11 has a ritard, and M12, a temo There are instances o crescendo and decrescendo throughout; or examle, M12 and 1 M18 is marked a little animated, ortraying the layulness o the young girl The dynamic high oint is reached at M21 when the orchestra is tutti We return to the eeling o calmness beginning at M2 When the woodwinds and horn enter at M28, they are very quiet, as i in the distance ust to remind us that this was originally comosed or iano, have added the iano in various unctions; sometimes melodic, sometimes harmonic When erorming this iece with strings alone, would recommend adding the iano Roy hillie review Only All elwin string arts have been careully bowed and ingered aroriately by level The Yellow Very eginning series includes many bowings as well as reminder ingerings or irst-time readers The Red eginning series includes requent bowings to assist younger layers ingerings or altered itches are oten marked The Green ntermediate series includes aroriately laced bowings or middle-level students ingerings and ositions are marked or notes beyond irst osition The lue Concert series includes bowings aroriate or the exerienced high school layer ingerings and osition markings are indicated or diicult assages Legal Use Requires urchase ob hillis elwin/o String Editor lease note: Our band and orchestra music is now being collated by an automatic high-seed system The enclosed arts are now sorted by age count, rather than score order
2 CONDUCTOR SCORE Duration - 1:50 lute Oboe b Clarinets assoon (b ass Clarinet) Horn b Trumets Trombone Violins Viola (Violin ) String ass Mallet ercussion (Vibrahone) iano (otional)?????? Calm and exressive ( = 66) Vibes Calm and exressive ( = 66) Girl with the laxen Hair 1 2 } } } 4 Claude Debussy Arranged by Roy hillie 5-4 review Only - - Legal Use Requires urchase 6 1540S 2009 ELWN MLLS ULSHNG COR (ASCA), a division o ALRED ULSHNG CO, NC All Rights Reserved including ublic erormance
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6 l rit 28 A temo Ob Cls sn (b Cl) Hn Tts Trb Vlns Vla (Vln ) Str ass Mlt erc no (ot) 1540S?????? 2 n 24 25 26 rit - - 4 - - - - - - - - 27 28 A temo -4 review Only Legal Use Requires urchase 28
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8 l Ob Cls sn (b Cl) Hn Tts Trb Vlns Vla (Vln ) Str ass Mlt erc no (ot) 1540S?????? 5 div div div div 6 izz izz 7 izz arco izz arco 8 arco arco 9 Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó review Only Legal Use Requires urchase 40