Massenet, Jules - Meditation from Thais
Sheet music for Cello

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Cello Piano

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Cello (LARGE)Cello (8va)

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Cello (Eb)Cello (G)
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About 'Meditation from Thais '

Artist:

Jules Massenet (

biography)

Born:

1842 , Montaud, St Etienne

Died:

1912 , Paris

The Artist:

Best known for his numerous operas, and wrote in a generally melodic style.

Composed:

1894

Info:

The piece was written for solo violin and orchestra. It is a symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thais by Massenet.
It is considered to be one of the great encore pieces; world-class violin soloists such as Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Itzhak Perlman, and Maxim Vengerov have performed the piece as soloists with major orchestras throughout the world. The Meditation has been transcribed for violin and piano and for other instruments as well. The cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott have recorded a version for cello and piano.

Score Key:

D major (Sounding Pitch) (

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Time Signature:

4/4 (

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Range:

Db3-B5

Tempo Marking:

= 70.00007