David Valdés

“Bluebeard´s Castle” – Xylophone.

"Barbe Bleue". Ilustación de Gustav Doré para "Les Contes de Perrault". Paris, Jules Hetzel, 1862. Pag. 56

“Bluebeard´s Castle” – Xylophone This month, the Asturias Symphony Orchestra is playing Béla Bartók´s opera “Bluebeard´s Castle”. This work features one of the most unusual and difficult xylophone parts in the repertoire, and this article will deal with this particular issue. “Barbe Bleue”. Ilustration by Gustav Doré for “Les Contes de Perrault”. Paris, Jules Hetzel,… Continue reading “Bluebeard´s Castle” – Xylophone.