La Paloma (The Dove) (viola cello duo)

Title: La Paloma (The Dove)

Composer: Sebastian Yradier, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Viola and Cello

Printout: 4 pages

Note: Written around 1850, the habanera La Paloma was destined to become a world-wide sensation, but sadly not before the composer’s death in 1865. Even today, a century and a half later, La Paloma remains a classic of the genre.