Aragonaise, from Le Cid (violin/violin duo or violin/viola duo)

Title: Aragonaise, from the opera Le Cid

Composer: Jules Massenet, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violins or Violin and Viola

Printout: 6 pages

Note: Like other French composers of his time, Massenet was fascinated by the exotic dance rhythms of Spain. This is fully expressed in the music for his opera about the Spanish hero, el Cid, and nowhere better than in this lively and expressive Aragonaise. In this duo setting, the two instruments share the melodic material.