Danse des Sauvages (Clarinet Ensemble)

“Danse des Sauvages” is from the final entrée from Rameau’s opéra-ballet “Les Indes galantes” (“The Amorous Indies”), first performed in the Palais-Royale in Paris on 23rd August 1735.  The music sets the scene: the stage showing a grove in a forest in America, on the borders of the French and Spanish colonies, where the ceremony of the Peace Pipe is about to be celebrated.This arrangement is scored for a minimum of 8 clarinets, but comes with additional optional and alternative parts for larger clarinet ensembles.The PDF E-Edition comes with a score and the following parts:Standard parts Clarinet in Bb 1 Clarinet in Bb 2 Clarinet in Bb 3 Clarinet in Bb 4 Clarinet in Bb 5 Clarinet in Bb 6 Bass Clarinet in Bb 1 Bass Clarinet in Bb 2Alternative & optional parts Clarinet in Eb (optional) Alto Clarinet in Eb (optional) Contrabass Clarinet in Bb (optional & alternative to ContraAlto Clarinet in Eb) ContraAlto Clarinet in Eb (optional & alternative to Contrabass Clarinet in Bb) Drum (optional)