Composer
Claude Debussy
1862–1918
1,948 works in the index
- Era
- Modern
- Nationality
- France
- Born in
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Debussy changed what the piano could sound like, and his music is notated with unusual precision about pedal, dynamics and voicing because those things are the substance rather than the decoration.
Clair de lune is the most-bought piano piece in this catalogue and one of the most misjudged: it is not difficult to read and it is very difficult to play well, because it depends entirely on control of quiet dynamics and pedal. The Children's Corner suite and the two books of Arabesques are the realistic starting points. The Préludes and Images are advanced.
Editions matter here for an unusual reason: his pedal markings and enharmonic spellings are deliberate and older "improved" editions altered both. Buy an edition that follows the original text, and treat any collection that regularises his notation as a warning sign.
Catalogue
Works page 21 of 41
Ballet from Petite Suite - B-flat Trumpet 2
Sonata d minor - Score
String Quartet No. 1 2nd movement - Piano/Synth
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Piano
Golliwog's Cakewalk - Score and Parts
No. 2: Placet futile
Pour un tombeay sans nom
Sonata No. 2 for Flute, Viola and Harp - Harp
Pour la danseuse aux crotales - Flute
The Little Negro - Electric Bass
Golliwog's Cakewalk - French Horn in F
Petite Pièce - Piano - Piano
Ballet from Petite Suite - Trombone 1
Passepied from Suite Bergamasque - Preface
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque - Flute
The Little Shepherd from Children's Corner - Flute
Minstrels, Prelude I, No.12
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - E-flat Alto Clarinet
Beau Soir - Euphonium BC
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Solo Euphonium BC
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Tuba 1
Jimbo's Lullaby - E-flat Alto Clarinet
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Score
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - From "Preludes - Book 1" - Trumpet 1 in Bb
Le Petite Negre - Trumpet 2 in Bb
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Score and Parts
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Tuba
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - Timpani
Syrinx - Bass Trombone
Children's Corner No. 5: The Little Shepherd
No. 1: En Bateau
Les Estampes, No. 1: Pagodes
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - Trumpet 1 in C/Trumpet 2 in C
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - Trombone 3
No. 10: Canope
Clair de lune - Horn
The Little Shepherd from Children's Corner - Alto Guitar 2
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Electric Bass
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Tuba
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Trombone 2
Suite Bergamasque - Preface
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Cello
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Horn in E-flat
Berceuse Héroïque - Trumpet 2
Berceuse Héroïque - Trombone 1
Berceuse Héroïque - B-flat Tuba, Bass Clef
Nocturne and Scherzo - Score
Minuet from Suite Bergamasque - Preface
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