French composer, born 1963. Studied piano, composition and musicology in Aix-en-Provence. Received his first major commission , "Quatre-vingt-neuf pour chœur et orchestre" in 1989 which quickly found its place in the French contemporary music repertoire, performed notably at the Vélodrome in Marseille and at the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Words and music are essential to this composer - and numbers apparently : "Cent mille milliards de poèmes", homage both to the great Queneau and to the mechanics of musical creation, "la machine à chansons".Now a prominent composer for film and television, his pieces for Cézame "Histoires Simples" (CEZ 4044) are amongst the most popular on the catalogue.
French composer, born 1963. Studied piano, composition and musicology in Aix-en-Provence. Received his first major commission , "Quatre-vingt-neuf pour chœur et orchestre" in 1989 which quickly found its place in the French contemporary music repertoire, performed notably at the Vélodrome in Marseille and at the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Words and music are essential to this composer - and numbers apparently : "Cent mille milliards de poèmes", homage both to the great Queneau and to the mechanics of musical creation, "la machine à chansons".Now a prominent composer for film and television, his pieces for Cézame "Histoires Simples" (CEZ 4044) are amongst the most popular on the catalogue.
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Brylcreem [CEZ4078 - 10] |
0 | 2'49 | Gilles Maugenest | Nostalgic & danceable. Clarinet, trumpet, keyboard, organ & rhythm. | swaying waltz movement everyday life clumsy confident trumpet Italian cinema danceable Greece melancholic | Gm | 123 |
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Head in the Clouds [CEZ4044 - 5] |
0 | 2'32 | Gilles Maugenest | Easy going, mellow & dreamy. Cora, clarinet, guitar, violin & rhythm. | walking tender catchy confident childhood open air pets melodic peaceful relaxed | Dm | 116 |
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On the Same Path [CEZ4159 - 16] |
0 | 2'33 | Gilles Maugenest | Confident & moving. Constant progression. Piano & strings. | destiny childhood arts & crafts confident corporate (all) uplifting introduction acoustic piano building strict | Dm | 100 |
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Loulou's Song [CEZ4089 - 1] |
2'33 | Gilles Maugenest | Touching & charming. Little girl's voice, ukulele, glockenspiel & small ensemble. | childhood naive child's solo voices tender everyday life animation & cartoons carefree peaceful advertising relaxed | C | 103 |
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Loulou's Song (extended) [CEZ4089 - 40] |
Alt. | 2'50 | Gilles Maugenest | Touching & charming. Little girl's voice, ukulele, glockenspiel & small ensemble. | childhood child's solo voices naive charming advertising tender ukulele carefree small ensemble restrained | C | 103 |
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A Simple Story [CEZ4044 - 1] |
0 | 2'25 | Gilles Maugenest | Tender & nostalgic. Zither, accordion & rhythm. | circus music carefree France melodic naive open air everyday life pets ethnic zithers (all) relaxed | Cm | 100 |
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C'est ma Tournée [CEZ4078 - 3] |
0 | 2'58 | Gilles Maugenest | Old fashioned & amusing. Piano, electric guitar, tuba, percussion & musical saw @ 1'04. | old-fashioned funny swaying funny animals naive acoustic piano relaxed farmyard animals circus animals blooper | G | 60 |
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Little Nothings [CEZ4078 - 16] |
0 | 3'00 | Gilles Maugenest | Sweet & tender. Clarinet, piano, pizz, tuba & guitar. | swaying tender everyday life melancholic moving lazy intimate melodic pizzicato shy | Bm | 107 |
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Past Present And Future [CEZ4101 - 4] |
0 | 3'41 | Gilles Maugenest | Determined & precise. String ensemble, electric guitar & pizz. | corporate video neo-classical music driving historical narrative string orchestra politics arts & crafts industry relentless triumphant | Cm | 144 |
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Dans mon Hamac [CEZ4078 - 7] |
0 | 3'23 | Gilles Maugenest | Tender, dreamy but mocking. Pizz, guitar, clarinet, musical saw, piano, viola & rhythm. | swaying intimate magician & funambulist country & garden lazy relaxed tender circus music pastoral dreamy | A | 118 |
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Gatto Pizzacato [CCB1030 - 2] |
3'02 | Gilles Maugenest | Nostalgic & interrogative. Pizz, electric piano & percussion. | gardening pets arts & crafts childhood patient everyday life country & garden pizzicato tender old-fashioned | Am | 108 |
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Gatto Pizzacato 2 [CCB1030 - 20] |
Alt. | 1'13 | Gilles Maugenest | Nostalgic & interrogative. Solo pizz. | patient everyday life arts & crafts pizzicato tender calm old-fashioned childhood muffled melodic | Am | 108 |
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Old Pals [CCB1030 - 3] |
0 | 2'36 | Gilles Maugenest | Confident & carefree. Rhodes, pizz, toy organ & percussion. | pets confident interiors & cooking do-it-yourself lively Fender rhodes carefree melodic funny quirky | Em | 134 |
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Romanian Scene [CEZ4257 - 2] |
0 | 1'48 | Gilles Maugenest | Dancing & joyful. Tempo change @ 0'39. Romanian influence. String orchestra. | Romanian dance string orchestra Romania pastoral changing happy & joyful country & garden danceable lively open air | Dm | 136 |
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Artists' Rifles [CEZ4124 - 15] |
0 | 2'09 | Gilles Maugenest | Tragicomic & parodic. Trumpet & string orchestra. | string orchestra historical conflict patriotism tragi-comic trumpet 1920 military music 1900 warlike inexorable | Gm | 130 |
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Drizella [CEZ4256 - 4] |
0 | 1'48 | Gilles Maugenest | Waltz. Ironic & heavy. Symphony orchestra. | symphony orchestra Russia heavy clumsy 1930 funny animation & cartoons punctuated parodic 1920 | Am | 118 |
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Passant Passe [CEZ4366 - 8] |
0 | 3'38 | Melan | French rap / boom bap. Urban, determined & catchy. Rapper with sampler & rhythm. Lyrics | rap urban landscape catchy sung French 2000 urban attitude France male singer gimmick | Gbm | 103 |
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Patriotism [CEZ4124 - 2] |
0 | 1'52 | Gilles Maugenest | Solemn & moving. String orchestra. | solemn string orchestra historical conflict walking building majestic historical narrative moving inexorable heavy | Am | 89 |
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C'est ma tournée [CEZ4500 - 29] |
0 | 2'57 | Gilles Maugenest | Quirky, tender with a touch of nostalgia. Piano, electric guitar, tuba, percussion & musical saw @ 1'04. Suggested for childhood & comedy. | childhood quirky funny naive tender bric-a-brac happy & joyful ironical & mischievous advertising tragi-comic | G | 120 |
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The Patriarch [CEZ4495 - 18] |
0 | 3'06 | Gilles Maugenest | Fragile, precious, feminine & dreamy with a baroque touch. Neo-classical. String orchestra, piano & harp. Suggested for luxury, prestige & modern | French TV serie sentimental tender charming confident heritage dreamy romantic comedy destiny moving | C | 89 |
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Courtly Courtesy [CEZ4489 - 16] |
2'28 | Benoit Cimbé, Gilles Maugenest | Solemn, martial & warlike march but with elegance. Hybrid orchestra with percussion. Suggested for docudrama & swashbuckler films. | cinematic driving docu fiction cinematic orchestra warlike historical narrative solemn adventure swashbuckler destiny | G | 96 |
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Courtly Courtesy Alternate 1 [CEZ4489 - 52] |
Alt. | 1'52 | Gilles Maugenest | Alternate version. Solemn & elegant march. In the spirit of the 18th century. Piano, strings, trumpet & timpani. | official ceremony wedding march (dance) confident historical movie historical narrative heritage solemn destiny majestic | G | 144 |
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Courtly Courtesy Alternate 2 [CEZ4489 - 53] |
Alt. | 0'56 | Gilles Maugenest | Alternate version trumpet & piano. Solemn & regal march. Piano, trumpet. | solemn trumpet duet historical narrative driving official ceremony cinematic destiny proud historical movie | G | 144 |
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The Beauty and the Magic [CEZ4454 - 5] |
0 | 1'50 | Gilles Maugenest | Neo-classical. XIXe century. In a French mood. Fairy, suspended & intimate. String ensemble, piano, chimes & glockenspiel. Suggested for perfume & | old-fashioned melancholic dreamy neo-classical music string section sentimental romantic calm delicate magical | Bbm | 114 |
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Donkey Refuge [CEZ4448 - 7] |
0 | 2'30 | Gilles Maugenest | Daytime TV. Children. Naive & sad. Pizz, melodica, glockenspiel, violin & clarinet. Whistling @ 1'37. | childhood melancholic melodica everyday life swaying naive small ensemble tender animals country & garden | Am | 95 |
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Cute but Wicked [CEZ4448 - 9] |
0 | 2'18 | Gilles Maugenest | Cartoon. Children. Naive & delicate. Pizz, piano, trombone, whistling & melodica. | pets childhood naive animation & cartoons funny animals carefree lazy funny blooper charming | G | 149 |
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Happy Together [CEZ4448 - 2] |
0 | 2'15 | Gilles Maugenest | Naive, confident & melancholic. Mandolin, pizz, woodwind & rhythm. | farmyard animals pets country & garden confident open air everyday life pastoral American mandolin charming steady | Eb | 123 |
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Mister Whiskers [CEZ4448 - 13] |
0 | 2'19 | Gilles Maugenest | Children. Confident & fragile. Pizz, synth, mandolin & melodica. | funny animals swaying lazy carefree naive ironical & mischievous American mandolin animation & cartoons ballad daytime TV | Em | 141 |
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Rooftop Promenade [CEZ4448 - 5] |
0 | 2'45 | Gilles Maugenest | Children. Naive, confident & charming. Arco & pizz violins, keyboard & recorder. | childhood naive pets charming carefree country & garden happy & joyful pastoral everyday life funny | F | 131 |
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Peasant's Complaint [CEZ4338 - 18] |
0 | 2'16 | Gilles Maugenest | Heavy & accentuated. Rebec, recorder & percussion. | rebec recorder middle-Ages medieval music (800-1400) pastoral punctuated grating clumsy melodic sleigh bell | Gbm | 87 |
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Passacaglia [CEZ4338 - 12] |
0 | 1'40 | Gilles Maugenest | XVIth century's dance. Bouncy & joyful. Oboe & lute. | Renaissance music (1400-1600) renaissance oboe classical lute heritage danceable pastoral refined swashbuckler melodic | Dm | 100 |
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A Feast Sit for the King [CEZ4338 - 8] |
0 | 2'45 | Gilles Maugenest | Refined & confident. Lute, recorder, trombone & string ensemble. | recorder heritage classical lute refined triumphant confident driving uplifting proud melodic | Dm | 118 |
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Old Stuff [CCB1030 - 13] |
0 | 2'44 | Gilles Maugenest | Melancholic but tragicomic. Electric guitar, organ, piano, pizz, Theremin & clarinet. | circus music kitsch & cheesy everyday life swaying moving melancholic tragi-comic quirky electric guitar pizzicato | Am | 120 |
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Cheek to Cheek [CCB1030 - 12] |
0 | 2'14 | Gilles Maugenest | Gypsy rumba. Funny & nostalgic. Piano, voice, organ, trumpet, musical saw a rhythm. | kitsch & cheesy circus music exotic everyday life 1950 funny swaying old-fashioned quirky melancholic | A | 120 |
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A Spring in His Step [CCB1030 - 11] |
2'47 | Gilles Maugenest | Nostalgic & decided. Banjo, organ, tuba, clarinet & rhythm. | funny swaying banjo French retro comedy everyday life country & garden old-fashioned heavy clumsy melancholic | Eb | 120 |
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A Spring in His Step 2 [CCB1030 - 24] |
Alt. | 2'47 | Gilles Maugenest | Nostalgic & decided. Banjo, organ, tuba & clarinet. | country & garden clumsy swaying do-it-yourself melancholic melodic everyday life old-fashioned heavy funny | Eb | 119 |
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Daddy's Job [CCB1030 - 10] |
0 | 2'46 | Gilles Maugenest | Relaxed but nostalgic. Pizz, piano, wah-wah clarinet & rhythm. | everyday life pizzicato open air do-it-yourself relaxed French retro comedy bouncy funny pets calm | Gm | 120 |
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Conversation Piece [CCB1030 - 9] |
0 | 2'08 | Gilles Maugenest | Childish, tender & peaceful. Violin, viola, piano, carillon & bass. | country & garden childhood gardening everyday life pets tender naive peaceful interiors & cooking delicate | D | 126 |
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Lazy Days [CCB1030 - 8] |
0 | 2'51 | Gilles Maugenest | Relaxed & lazy. @ 0'51 melancholic. Music box, clarinet, banjo, organ & rhythm. | pets confident funny melodic everyday life swaying country & garden funny animals happy & joyful pastoral | Fm | 115 |
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The Flute Maker [CCB1030 - 7] |
0 | 2'36 | Gilles Maugenest | Determined, festive & pastoral. Traditional flute, pizz, organ, banjo, electric guitar & rhythm. | circus music pets recorder pastoral country & garden old-fashioned lively melodic new circus interiors & cooking | Gm | 113 |
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Those Were The Days [CCB1030 - 6] |
3'07 | Gilles Maugenest | Melancholic & retro. Kazoo, zither, trumpet & accordion. | circus music kazoo melodic tragi-comic swaying old-fashioned oom-pah melancholic new circus anachronistic | Gm | 99 |
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Those Were The Days 2 [CCB1030 - 23] |
Alt. | 3'07 | Gilles Maugenest | Melancholic & retro. Clarinet, zither, trumpet & accordion. | melancholic moving melodic swaying old-fashioned oom-pah new circus trumpet chromatic accordion wandering | Gm | 99 |
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Family Favourites [CCB1030 - 5] |
3'15 | Gilles Maugenest | Determined & naive. Pizz, ukulele, guitar, brass & rhythm. | circus music confident funny animals pizzicato interiors & cooking carefree melodic funny swaying lively | Cm | 130 |
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Family Favourites 2 [CCB1030 - 22] |
Alt. | 3'15 | Gilles Maugenest | Determined & naive. Pizz, ukulele, guitar & brass. | confident funny animals pizzicato interiors & cooking carefree melodic funny swaying lively oom-pah | Cm | 130 |
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A Pocketful of StarlIght [CCB1030 - 4] |
2'53 | Gilles Maugenest | Determined & naive. Pizz, organ, piano, guitar & rhythm. | childhood funny animals carefree pizzicato confident interiors & cooking melodic funny swaying do-it-yourself | Em | 114 |
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A Pocketful of StarlIght 2 [CCB1030 - 21] |
Alt. | 2'52 | Gilles Maugenest | Carefree & naive. Pizz, organ, piano & guitar. | funny animals carefree pizzicato do-it-yourself confident interiors & cooking melodic everyday life funny swaying | G | 113 |
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Knick Knacks [CCB1030 - 14] |
0 | 2'34 | Gilles Maugenest | Carefree, relaxed & retro. Pizz, trombone, piano & rhythm. | kitsch & cheesy pets do-it-yourself relaxed funny animals clumsy 1960 country ball swaying carefree | G | 120 |
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Bitter Sweet Rendezvous [CCB1030 - 15] |
0 | 3'13 | Gilles Maugenest | Obstinate & melancholic. Piano, pizz, organ, carillon, electric guitar, tuba & rhythm. | kitsch & cheesy everyday life social drama melancholic relentless pizzicato bouncy tragi-comic swaying moving | Em | 110 |
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Village Life [CCB1030 - 1] |
0 | 2'46 | Gilles Maugenest | Decided & carefree. Banjo, piano, carillon, tuba, electric guitar & rhythm. | happy & joyful funny funny animals do-it-yourself carefree clumsy melodic open air animation & cartoons banjo | G | 123 |
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Sweet Souvenirs [CCB1030 - 16] |
0 | 2'56 | Gilles Maugenest | Interrogative & melancholic. Banjo, wah-wah clarinet, pizz, organ, piano & percussion. | everyday life pets childhood gardening country & garden naive pizzicato interrogative kitsch & cheesy melancholic | C | 105 |
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Circus Folks [CCB1030 - 17] |
0 | 2'28 | Gilles Maugenest | Circus brass. Joyful but serious. Brass & piano. | circus music tragi-comic slapstick Italian cinema circus brass band clumsy walking Italy melodic | Dm | 99 |
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The Old Banger [CCB1030 - 18] |
0 | 2'48 | Gilles Maugenest | Funny & eccentric. Pizz, accordion, Theremin, Rhodes & rhythm. | kitsch & cheesy everyday life chromatic accordion pets swaying old-fashioned quirky carefree clumsy pizzicato | Ebm | 106 |
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Tiny Ballerinas [CCB1030 - 19] |
0 | 2'01 | Gilles Maugenest | Childish & tender. Music box, piano, viola, chime & bass. | lullaby music box tender moving melodic peaceful introspective naive violin acoustic guitar | Ab | 98 |
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Crowd Sourcing [CEZ4303 - 17] |
2'40 | Gilles Maugenest | Corporate, daylife. Dreamy, nostalgic & unifying. Build up. Piano, reverse & string orchestra. | neo-classical music unifying uplifting advertising confident destiny corporate video politics building moving | G | 152 |
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Crowd Sourcing Alternate
[CEZ4303 - 39] |
Alt. | 3'04 | Gilles Maugenest | Patient & dreamy. Progression. Solo piano. | neo-classical music dreamy everyday life country & garden cyclic destiny moving corporate video tender confident | G | 152 |
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The Way Ahead [CEZ4303 - 13] |
2'27 | Gilles Maugenest | Advertisment, destiny. Moving & sentimental. Piano, celesta & string orchestra. | corporate convention neo-classical music destiny advertising delicate politics sentimental confident moving uplifting | Bb | 120 |
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The Way Ahead Alternate
[CEZ4303 - 35] |
Alt. | 2'26 | Gilles Maugenest | Moving & melancholic. Solo piano. | neo-classical music everyday life country & garden moving acoustic piano destiny melancholic peaceful sentimental melodic | Bb | 120 |
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Fairground Attractions [CEZ4266 - 21] |
0 | 2'32 | Gilles Maugenest | Joyful & retro. Fairground. Small instrumental ensemble. | open air circus animals funfair happy & joyful circus music carefree everyday life funny Farfisa organ festive | Dbm | 116 |
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Grandpa's Story [CEZ4266 - 24] |
0 | 2'51 | Gilles Maugenest | Tender & funny. Mandolin, accordion, pizz & funny instruments. | happy & joyful carefree pets tragi-comic heavy clumsy everyday life walking small ensemble ukulele | Gm | 130 |
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Baliachi [CEZ4256 - 20] |
1'33 | Gilles Maugenest | Patriotic & accentuated march. Male choir & symphony orchestra.Lyrics | Soviet Russia patriotism men's chorus symphony orchestra communism warlike relentless male voice 1920 punctuated | Am | 80 |
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Baliachi 2 [CEZ4256 - 31] |
Alt. | 1'27 | Gilles Maugenest | Patriotic & accentuated march. String orchestra & trumpet | Soviet Russia patriotism historical narrative inexorable string orchestra solemn 1930 relentless strict scansion | Am | 80 |
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