Description
Debussy’s Cakewalk (Le Petit Nègre), is a playful work with a distinctive rhythmic character. The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet has transformed it into an arrangement for four bassoons, giving the piece a completely new sound while keeping its energetic cakewalk spirit.
Arranged by Kara LaMoure, this version gives bassoon quartets another opportunity to take a familiar piece of classical repertoire somewhere unexpected.
Product details
- Title: Le Petit Nègre: Cakewalk
- Composer: Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
- Arranger: Kara LaMoure
- Instrumentation: 4 bassoons
- Format: Printed score and parts / PDF
- Publisher: TrevCo Music
- Printed Edition: 3809–67254
- PDF Edition: 73012
- Genre: Classical / chamber music / bassoon quartet
- Series: Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet Editions
- Best use: Recital, concert performance, studio performance, chamber music program, or ensemble showcase
- Price: $12
Who is this sheet music for?
Cakewalk is a great choice for:
- Bassoon quartets
- College and university bassoon ensembles
- High school bassoon quartets
- Professional bassoonists
- Bassoon teachers and studios
- Student chamber music programs
- Recitals and studio performances
- Ensembles looking for distinctive classical repertoire
- Bassoonists who enjoy rhythmically energetic music
- Fans of The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
Why play it?
Because four bassoons playing a cakewalk is just too much fun to pass up.
Debussy’s rhythmic writing gives the bassoon quartet plenty of opportunities to play with character, articulation, groove, and musical personality. The four-bassoon arrangement takes a work originally written for piano and gives it a warm, quirky, and unmistakably bassoon-heavy sound.
It’s a great way to add some rhythmic variety to a quartet program—and another chance to demonstrate that bassoons can handle considerably more than people expect.
Get the sheet music
The collection is available from TrevCo Music in both physical and PDF editions.
