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Cesare Pugni — Gazelda:
Anglaise. Step and Reply
Anglaise. Step and Reply
Hear Pugni’s Anglaise: the 2/4 frame with anacrusis, treble triplets,
sequenced phrases and clean cadences—simple design that turns sound into motion.
sequenced phrases and clean cadences—simple design that turns sound into motion.
PREMIER!
"GAZELDA"
"GAZELDA"
For the first time, the restored music of Cesare Pugni dances to the rhythm of crackling campfire sparks, the rustle of necklaces, the swirl of skirts, and the passions of hearts devoted to love.
The release is already available on music streaming services!
- More than a century later, the beloved melodies of generations past come alive once more. Is that not magic?
- They say only in Gazelda do the Ballet Reprises answer the heart’s deepest questions—this is not just music, but the breath of art’s magic, woven from nature’s very fabric.
- Let the legend of Gazelda into your heart — and perhaps, she will look upon you.
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PREMIER!
"GAZELDA"
"GAZELDA"
For the first time, the restored music of Cesare Pugni dances to the rhythm of crackling campfire sparks, the rustle of necklaces, the swirl of skirts, and the passions of hearts devoted to love.
The release is already available on music streaming services!
- More than a century later, the beloved melodies of generations past come alive once more. Is that not magic?
- They say only in Gazelda do the Ballet Reprises answer the heart’s deepest questions—this is not just music, but the breath of art’s magic, woven from nature’s very fabric.
- Let the legend of Gazelda into your heart — and perhaps, she will look upon you.
READ MORE
The Anglaise is the “English” branch of the contredanse: couples in lines, figures danced toward and past one another. In the 19th century it’s typically duple (2/4) with a walking lift—weight on one, a light reply on two. On stage it paints society in motion.
From bar one the frame is clear: Allegro moderato, 2/4. The bass lays the Anglaise skeleton—downbeat support, off-beat chord reply—while the treble speaks in phrases with a gentle anacrusis, brief approaches to pillars, and long slur-arcs across the barlines. The opening eight-bar span suspends on a half cadence and closes with a neat authentic cadence. The pulse is simple and bodily: step, reply, step.
The same idea then returns larger and more embossed. The register lifts; the right hand gains quick filigree—short runs and triplets—which don’t blur the meter but buoy it like animated speech over an even stride. Harmony stays bright (I–V–I) with discreet secondary dominants that gather little peaks at phrase joints. The eight-bar grid keeps the ear oriented; you feel where the turn is.
The middle tract unfolds as a chain of sequences: the familiar cell shifts to neighboring degrees and is answered at once. The Anglaise becomes a parade of figures; the bass remains the quiet stage manager—one for support, two for a nod. Near the end the texture firms up, verticals fill out, and a clean cadence seals the miniature. Meter, texture, the eight-bar plan and exact cadences fuse into social music that sets the step on its own.
From bar one the frame is clear: Allegro moderato, 2/4. The bass lays the Anglaise skeleton—downbeat support, off-beat chord reply—while the treble speaks in phrases with a gentle anacrusis, brief approaches to pillars, and long slur-arcs across the barlines. The opening eight-bar span suspends on a half cadence and closes with a neat authentic cadence. The pulse is simple and bodily: step, reply, step.
The same idea then returns larger and more embossed. The register lifts; the right hand gains quick filigree—short runs and triplets—which don’t blur the meter but buoy it like animated speech over an even stride. Harmony stays bright (I–V–I) with discreet secondary dominants that gather little peaks at phrase joints. The eight-bar grid keeps the ear oriented; you feel where the turn is.
The middle tract unfolds as a chain of sequences: the familiar cell shifts to neighboring degrees and is answered at once. The Anglaise becomes a parade of figures; the bass remains the quiet stage manager—one for support, two for a nod. Near the end the texture firms up, verticals fill out, and a clean cadence seals the miniature. Meter, texture, the eight-bar plan and exact cadences fuse into social music that sets the step on its own.
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