Malgré Moi for flute quintet (with piccolo) by David Warin Solomons Piccolo - Digital Sheet Music

Instrumental quintet inspired by Jacques Prévert's poem Malgré Moi The pdf contains SCORE and PARTSThe sound sample is an electronic previewBased on a setting of a poem by Jacques PrévertEmbauché malgré moi  ... Taken on, against my will,dans l'usine à idées ... at the thought factory,j'ai refusé de pointer ...I refused to clock onMobilisé de même     ... Conscripted just the samedans l'armée des idées ...into the thought armyj'ai déserté          ...I desertedJe n'ai jamais compris ...I've never understoodgrand-chose           ...important thingsIl n'y a jamais      ....There is nevergrand-chose           ...important thingsni petite chose       ...nor little detailsIl y a autre chose.   ...there's something elseAutre chose           ...something elsec'est ce que j'aime   ...that's what I likequi me plaît          ...what pleases meet que je fais.       ...and what I doEmbauché malgré moi   ...Taken on, against my will...In this poem Prévert claims he was recruited to the factory or army of ideas (ie to go along with the masses), but prefers to go his own way: "autre chose" - the other - is what he likes.