(Please Note: the following text is © 2000 Bradley A. Slocum and is presented here only for examination by potential purchasers of the SMB edition in which it appears.)

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Gabriel Fauré: Le Pas Espagnol (from "Dolly Suite"), Opus 56, No. 6 (SMB #133)

(Le Pas Espagnol; text by B.A.S.)

Castanets! Two guitars! All competing, all repeating Spanish love songs of entreating. Tambourines! Violins! All entrancing, all romancing sprightly songs for Spanish dancing. The music guides the feet with more compelling beat. First shyly then quite boldly, soon the dancing drives them on faster and faster to a fever heat! Songs guide the feet with more compelling beat. Their passion carries them away. Their bodies turn and sway. In frenzy and abandon they dance like a whirlwind no force can calm! Becalm! Olé!

(Approx. performance timing: 2:45)

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