Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquantaine for double bass & string quartet (arr. Heyes)

About the Composition

La Cinquantaine (The Golden Wedding) was composed in 1884 and is subtitled ‘air dans le Style ancien’. It has been arranged for almost every possible instrumental combination, and its approachable and easy-going style has ensured its popularity into the 21st-century.

This edition is for double bass in orchestral tuning.

About the Composer

Gabriel Prosper Marie (1852-1928) studied at the Paris Conservatoire and hyphenated his name to Gabriel-Marie as a professional music and was a prominent and active figure in Parisian musical life in the late 19th-century. He worked as a timpanist, chorus master and conductor for many years, mostly in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille and Vichy, alongside his work as a composer and music critic.

Gabriel-Marie composed music for theatres in Paris, and also much dance music, but his fame rests on La Cinquntaine.