Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil (Op. 73) is an orchestral suite by Florent Schmitt adapted from his music for the homonymous ballet ("divertissement chorégraphique") after a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.[1] The concert suite developed from a piano four hands suite written in 1912 entitled une semaine de Petit Elfe ferme-l'œil was premiered on 1 December 1923 at the Concerts Colonne under the direction of Gabriel Pierné. The ballet was premiered on 5 February 1924 at the Opéra-Comique of Paris under the direction of Albert Wolff.

Analysis

The suite relates the extraordinary dreams of little Hialmar in seven pieces like the seven days of the week, preceded by a prelude.

  1. Prelude
  2. La fête nationale des souris: danse du peuple des souris
  3. La cigogne lasse: Sarabande
  4. Le cheval de Ferme-l'œil: galop à la poursuite de la cigogne
  5. Le mariage de la poupée Berthe: alternance d'un motif de cloches et d'un thème de marche
  6. La ronde des lettres boiteuses: motif sur un rythme claudicant
  7. La promenade à travers le tableau: motif de berceuse
  8. Parapluie chinois: deux thèmes sur la gamme pentatonique
  • Running time: 40 minutes

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