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Dancas Africanas

Appleby Catalogue W number: 
W107

Danses africaines (Danses des Indiens métis du Brésil)
ou Danças características africanas (Dances caractéristiques africaines)

  • Farrapós
  • Kankukus 
  • Kankikis 

This is the orchestral version of the Danças características africanas, originally written for piano in 1914/1915.

There is also an unpublished version for chamber ensemble - fl, cl(Bb), pf, 2vl, vla, vlc e cb - which I don't believe has been performed since the 1920s.  

Year Composed: 

1916

Category: 
Orchestral Works
Instrumentation: 

Piano / Orchestra

3(1flpic).3(1cor ang).3(1clB).3(1cbn) - 4.4.3.1 - 3perc, 1timb, 1xylo, 1cel, 1pno, 2hp - crd
 

Recordings: 

Erosion, Dawn in the Tropical Forest (First Edition)