Les Clochettes (Gavotte)
Alfred Cottin
This is a romantic piece by Alfred Cottin (1863 -1923) who lived and worked in Paris. He was a student of the Catalan Jaime Bosch and had a musical school in Paris. Many pieces of his moderate oeuvre were dedicated to his students.
Cottin was a friend of Francisco Tarrega, the one the latter dedicated his world-famous Recuerdos de la Alhambra to: "Hommage à l'eminent artiste Alfred Cottin".
Les Clochettes -the Bells- is a Gavotte, a baroque dance form which became popular again at the end of the nineteenth century. The natural harmonics in the piece imitate the bell sound.