Les Matadors represents an English country dance from Ignatius Sancho�s "Minuets Cotillons & Country Dances" for the Violin, Mandolin, German Flute, & Harpsichord, originally published in 1775. Sancho�s original Les Matadors piece is accompanied only by a second instrument in quarter and half notes. Di�n Morales arranged Les Matadors employing two-part writing in D major for string orchestra, exploring interesting dynamics, and conversations between groups of two instruments. Accents and skips hold the students� attention as they learn 2/4 time. Students� imaginations will create a Matador, in his colorful and grand traje de luces or �suit of lights,� posturing with the bull in the arena.