Paul Taffanel's "Jean de Nivelle Grand Fantasy," a score for flute and piano accompaniment. Brand new, unused. #Ayamama's Sheet Music List The following is a partial quote from the Muramatsu HP, for your reference: ↓↓↓↓ Taffanel was a flutist, composer, and conductor who worked at the Paris Opera and other venues. From his class at the Paris Conservatory, where he taught flute, came renowned players such as Gaubert, Fleury, and Moyse, making him a father figure of modern French flute music. Léo Delibes' opera comique "Jean de Nivelle" (1880) is a work that is rarely performed today, but it was a great success when it was first composed. Taffanel, to perform in salons himself, selected four pieces from "Jean de Nivelle" the year after its premiere and composed them as the "Grand Fantasy," dedicating it to Donjon, a flutist at the Paris Opera and a friend of Taffanel's. This piece begins with the "Ballade of Mandragore," which showcases the charm of the flute's low register, and is finished as a work that draws out the flute's characteristics extremely effectively. It is a piece with an entertaining element that makes you feel as if you've time-slipped to a Parisian salon at the end of the 19th century.