Cortege

Introduce your students to the unique sounds of the French Romantic era with this string orchestra arrangement of the second movement of "Deux Morceaux," first composed for solo piano as the third movement of "Trois Morceaux" and later arranged by Boulanger for solo violin or flute. Players experience harmonic shifts, free use of chromatics, and even subtle use of the whole-tone scale. A cortege is a type of procession, sometimes for a funeral, but in this case the procession is more upbeat and cheerful.