{"id":6196,"date":"2015-08-26T06:50:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harpcolumnmusic.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6196"},"modified":"2026-01-18T23:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:19:30","slug":"adagio-assai","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/floraleda-sacchi\/adagio-assai\/","title":{"rendered":"Adagio Assai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Notes from the arranger:<\/h3>\n<p>Maurice Ravel&#8217;s Piano Concerto in G major was composed between 1929 and 1931. The concerto is in three movements and is heavily influenced by jazz, which Ravel had encountered on a concert tour of the United States in 1928. Is one of the most famous piano concertos, especially the second movement transcribed here. It was widely used in movies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe G-major Concerto took two years of work, you know. The opening theme came to me on a train between Oxford and London. But the initial idea is nothing. The work of chiseling then began. We&#8217;ve gone past the days when the composer was thought of as being struck by inspiration, feverishly scribbling down his thoughts on a scrap of paper. Writing music is seventy-five percent an intellectual activity.\u201d \u2014Maurice Ravel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6196-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Adagio-Assai.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Adagio-Assai.mp3\">https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Adagio-Assai.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Floraleda Sacchi has arranged\u00a0the\u00a0beautiful &#8220;Adagio assai&#8221; from Ravel&#8217;s Piano Concerto in G Major for pedal harp and flute. See her notes about the piece below.\u00a0One score contains both the harp and flute parts.<\/p>\n<p>This piece is available as a PDF download for <strong>$10.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Pages to print<\/em>: 11 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration<\/em>: 9 mins.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: This piece is formatted for A4 paper size. Use the settings in your printer dialog box to experiment with the best fit for your paper size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Note:<\/i> This PDF was revised on 1-18-2026. If you purchased this piece prior to that and would like an updated PDF, please <a href=\"mailto:info@harpcolumn.com\"><span class=\"s1\">email us<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":197192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[209],"product_tag":[369,487,481],"class_list":["post-6196","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-floraleda-sacchi","product_tag-flute","product_tag-harp-and-flute","product_tag-harp-and-others","pa_artist-sacchi-floraleda","pa_composer-ravel-maurice","pa_genre-classical","pa_harp-type-harp-pedals","pa_instrumentation-harp-and-flute","pa_level-intermediate","first","instock","downloadable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}