A pupil of François Devienne and teacher of Eugène Jancourt, François-Rène Gebauer (1773-1845) belongs in his own right to the ranks of French bassoonists and composers who contributed to the development and spread of the bassoon. A teacher at the Paris Conservatoire from 1795 to 1802 and then from 1824-1838, his ‘Six Caprices for Bassoon Solo’, used by his students, represent a valuable teaching tool for expanding and consolidating bassoon technique. The Fourth Capriccio is structured in three movements that follow one another without a break. The first movement, an Allegro assai, is articulated in three themes set in three different keys: C, A and D major, the latter in a six-octave time, as opposed to the general two-quarter time. The second movement is itself divided into two parts an andante and an allegro in Bb major.
The third movement, a Rondo allegro in F major ends with the return of an excerpt from the first movement.
The edition I used is the Accolade Musiverlag edition published by Bodo Koenigsbeck.
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