Minuet Opus 11 No. 5

The Anacrouse collection offers pianists, beginners and advanced alike, a wide choice of classical works from the Renaissance to the present day. It brings together major works of the repertoire as well as rarer pieces, and also offers transcriptions for piano solo or four hands, selected for their musical and educational interest. Each score, available individually, benefits from careful editorial work: a rigorously established musical text, clear and legible engraving, accompanied by a short biography of the composer and a note on the work.

The “Minuet” (Opus 11 No. 5), presented here in a solo piano transcription by David Neyrolles, is a piece in the galant style that demands great delicacy of touch and elegance of phrasing. This title is taken from the reference songbook “9 Famous Classical Themes for Piano”, the third volume of the Anacrouse collection. This elementary-to-intermediate transcription makes it possible to approach the finesse of chamber writing with fluid writing, working on the precision of ornaments and the lightness of the left hand to convey the grace of this aristocratic dance.

Composed in 1771 by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) for his String Quintet in E major, this minuet has become one of the most famous pages in the history of music. Its timeless charm and refined melody have made it a staple of the repertoire, regularly used to illustrate 18th-century elegance in cinema and advertising alike. This edition allows the pianist to rediscover at the keyboard all the poetry, brilliance and distinction of this emblematic work of Italian genius.