Eternal Cyrano de Bergerac
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Style: | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4
Credits
Description
The story of 17th Century unrequited love fills the Eternal Cyrano de Bergerac, based on the title character of a play—a Parisian poet of phenomenal verse and an equally large nose—that has endured the ages. In this version, the musical storyline is lifted to a modern city, with an urban funkiness permeating the show.
Music Samples
Mvt. 1: "Cyrano Awaits Montfleury" opens with a grand crescendo starting with the keyboards and adding all the other sections to let everyone know something big and bold is about to spring forth. Anticipation is intense as we wait to hear what happens next.
Mvt. 2: "Cyrano: The Mighty Swordsman and Lonely Poet" commences by showing off his vitality and swordsmanship skills, being brash and swashbuckling. But the oppression he feels by the hideous site of his monstrous nose, and the ache he bears for discerning love has passed him by is heard in the poignancy of the music that captures the desperation that accompanies his love for his cousin Roxane that is not returned.
Mvt. 3: "Secret Love for Roxane" is quite melancholy and tender. Cyrano chooses to hide his love from Roxane. Think of billowing soft pastels as there is much the guard can do to express this sense of loss.
Mvt. 4: "Dueling Cyrano Challenges All" is a movement of bright and thrilling intensity where Cyrano takes on all his enemies, challenging them to swordfights and word games. Through this, he momentarily overcomes his hardships and rises victorious in the only ways he knows how.
Mvt. 5: "Cyrano Reveals His Love With His Last Breath" is when Cyrano reveals to Roxane his undying love with his final gasps of breath after being ambushed. She kisses him and he perishes, finally in the arms of his true love. A majestic ending concludes the show as Cyrano finally achieves his longing to express his devotion to Roxane. | Show Specific Add-Ons Many KPM shows are now available with effective drill. The drill options include stock, modified stock or custom drill packages and are all reasonably priced. Drill comes pre-designed for small, medium and large bands and can be modified to your instrumentation by the writer. Custom drills are also available!
T-Shirts with officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available for as little as $12.00! Narration is available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! ClickTrax are pre-recorded click tracks designed for indoor and outdoor rehearsals. The ensemble will be able to rehearse with perfect performance tempi, accelerandos, rallentandos, and ritardandos. ClickTrax have count-off clicks and start at every possible drill phrase of the show which saves hours of rehearsal time! ClickTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! PracticeTrax are recorded synthetic tracks of each part or section so students may play along! PracticeTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! SmartMusic® files are available for those of you who use SmartMusic® as a means for student evaluation.
Production Sheets are expanded and detailed count sheets intended for drill designers with valuable information regarding the staging of instruments and other elements. Show posters featuring officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available. Contact Key (key@keypoulanmusic.com) for more information. Show appropriate flag designs are available for your color guard! Our flag designs support the intended concept of a show by Key Poulan Music. Show appropriate prop designs are available for your band and/or color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Guard Costume Designs enhance the overall look and feel of the color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Flag Choreography by Key Poulan Music insures that a well thought out and musical approach that enhances the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! Flag and Weapon Choreography by Key Poulan Music adds the use of weapons to the flag choreography for your medium and advanced level color guards. Utilizing a musical approach, this choreography insures a well thought out and logical enhancement for the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! General Add Ons Be prepared all year long with a warm up program designed to develop warm up, tune, and rehearse ensemble fundamentals needed for a successful musical performance for all Key Poulan Music works.
There's nothing like a great backfield performance of previous Santa Clara Vanguard chord progressions that are designed to energize not only the members of your band but the audience as well.
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