Masques et Bergamasques (Fauré)
- Masques et Bergamasques (Fauré)
"Masques et Bergamasques" is a twentieth-century musical homage to the world of the fêtes galantes of the eighteenth century by the French composer, organist, and choirmaster Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924).
Written quite late in Fauré's life, "Masques et Bergamasques" (as Op. 112) is commonly heard today as an orchestral suite. However, it originally arose in an unusual setting.
It was a commission by the Prince of Monaco and was designed to accompany a one-act divertissement, a danced and sung entertainment, with a scenario by René Fauchois relating how members of a "commedia dell’arte" troupe would spy on the amorous encounters of aristocrats in its audience.
"Masques et Bergamasques" was first performed in Monte Carlo on 10 April 1919. The orchestral suite consists of four movements:
# Ouverture: Allegro molto vivo
# Menuet: Tempo di minuetto – Allegretto moderato
# Gavotte: Allegro vivo
# Pastorale: Andantino tranquilloThe Gavotte may be played before the Menuet. The entire piece runs about 14½ minutes.
Fauré reportedly said of "Masques et Bergamasques" that "it is like the impression you get from the paintings of Watteau". (In French, "Masques et Bergamasques" means "masks and bergamasks", a bergamask being a rustic dance.)
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