Gregoir-Servais - Les Regrets (Transcribed for Cello and Piano

Joseph (Jacques) Gregoir (1817-1876) was a Belgian pianist and composer. A large part of his output was opera fantasies, although he also wrote a piano concerto and numerous short pieces for piano. Gregoir published over twenty opera fantasies in collaboration with the Belgian cellist-composer François Servais (1807-1866). Similar collaborations

Joseph (Jacques) Gregoir (1817-1876) was a Belgian pianist and composer. A large part of his output was opera fantasies, although he also wrote a piano concerto and numerous short pieces for piano. Gregoir published over twenty opera fantasies in collaboration with the Belgian cellist-composer François Servais (1807-1866). Similar collaborations were common at the time. Gregoir published his short piece Les Regrets: Pensée musicale in December 1850 with Schott, dedicating it to the Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, who had just died in October of the same year. According to the Servais scholar Peter François, Servais's cello arrangement was first printed on 30 March 1852 at 200 copies and was reprinted until 1909. Les Regrets is a bittersweet piece in A major in rondo form. It has also been transcribed for violin by Hubert Léonard (1819-1890) and for clarinet by Joseph Blaes (1814-1892), both published in 1858.

Our edition is based on the French first edition by Richault published ca. 1853.