Sue Ruby (Editor)

Hedwige	Chrétien

A farandole was a popular French community dance in which dancers form a chain. The dancers, following the steps introduced by the chain leader, wind through the streets to the accompaniment of pipes and tabor drums. This piece was first published in 1900 in the Journal des Demoiselles, a French newspaper aimed at girls aged 14 to 18 from affluent backgrounds. The work is dedicated “To my little friends, Cécile and Jacques Passard”. All markings are original to the composer.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

16th Notes

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 5ths in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Blocked 5ths Accompaniment

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

Shifting Hand Positions

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

Sforzando

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

Sustain Pedal

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

Ties

Notes that are tied for extended periods, often over several measures.

Held Notes

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.