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
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Pour la danseuse aux crotales - Score
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner - Piano
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Trombone 1
Pour la danseuse aux crotales - Preface
String Quartet In G minor, Movt. 2
No. 3: De fleurs: Dans l'ennui si desolement vert
Pour remercier la pluie au matin - Score
String Quartet No. 1 2nd movement - Guitar
Fantoches - No. 2 from "Fêtes galantes," Set 1 - L80
Pour un tombeay sans nom - Score
Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire
Petite Pièce - Set of Parts
Ballet from Petite Suite - B-flat Trumpet 3
Danse Bohemienne - Piano
Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Tuba 2
Violin Sonata No. 3, Movement 1 - Piano Score
Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Trombone
Sonata d minor - Cello
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Horn in E-flat 1
Children's Corner - Piano
Pour un tombeau sans nom - Score
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Piano
En Bateau - Score
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque - Preface
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Score
The Little Shepherd from Children's Corner - Preface
Minstrels, Prelude I, No.12 - Piano
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - B-flat Bass Clarinet
No. 1: Brouillards
No. 2: Sarabande
Images for orchestra, No.3, Rondes de Printemps
Les Estampes, No. 3: Jardins Sous la Pluie piano
No. 2: Harmonie du Soir
No. 5: La Mort des Amants
No. 9: Pour les Notes répétées
No. 8: Pour les Agréments
Green - - No. 5 from "Ariettes oubliées" - L60
Images , No. 3: Mouvement
Reverie - Full Score
The Little Shepherd from Children's Corner - Electric Bass
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Score
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Double Bass
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Trombone 1
Berceuse Héroïque - Trumpet 3
Berceuse Héroïque - B-flat Trombone 1
Nocturne and Scherzo - Cello
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Piano
The Snow is Dancing from Children's Corner - Piano
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