Selamlik
Grade 5
© 2012, GIA Publications, Inc
Item #: B-B07514 Status: Available
ZIP for $5.99
Description:
This bundle includes:
1. A digital PDF of the Teacher Resource Guide from the Teaching Music textbook
2. An mp3 recording of the work
Selamlik [si-lahm-lik], subtitled “Turkish Dance for Harmonie,” is an original composition for wind band written in 1906, seven years before Schmitt’s more notable wind band work, Dionysiaques. It was premiered in June 1909 by La Musique de la Garde Républicaine under the direction of Guillaume Balay. The work itself was inspired by a trip Schmitt took to Turkey in 1905, and the title refers to the portion of the Turkish home reserved for the company of men.
The new edition of this work was compiled by Stephen Meyer in 2006 from the original parts to conform to more contemporary wind band instrumentation. However, it still maintains the unique orchestration and complex compositional style of the original.
Format: ZIP