Camille Saint-Saëns | À la France | for Brass Septet

After purchase, you will receive the digital sheet music, and rehearsal play-along recordings created with NotePerformer 5.

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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was a towering figure of French Romanticism - organist, pianist, composer, and tireless advocate for French music. While he’s best known for works like Samson et Dalila, the Organ Symphony, and The Carnival of the Animals, he also composed a number of patriotic and ceremonial pieces, especially later in life.

À la France is one such work - a rousing, nationalistic composition that reflects Saint-Saëns’ deep sense of civic pride and his alignment with the ideals of the French Republic. Saint-Saëns often composed music for state events, including presidential receptions and national funerals.

À la France exemplifies Saint-Saëns’ as a “fonctionnaire de la musique” - a composer who served the Republic through art, as noted in studies of his extensive travels and public commissions.

Available Parts:

• 1. Trumpet/Cornet in Eb, C and Bb
• 2. Trumpet/Cornet in C, Bb
• 3. Horn in F and Eb, Trombone (Ten. Clef), Trombone B.C, Euphonium/Baritone T.C.
• 4. Horn in F and Eb, Trombone B.C, Euphonium/Baritone T.C.
• 5. Euphonium/Baritone (T.C. and B.C.)
• 6. Euphonium/Baritone (T.C. and B.C.)
• 7. Tuba (B.C.), Tuba in Eb, Tuba in Bb