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 23 of 41
Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Score and Parts
Children's Corner No. 6: Golliwogg's Cakewalk
String Quartet In G minor, Movt. 3
En blanc et noir, Movement 1
Pour un tombeau sans nom - Preface
No. 2: Cortège
No. 1: De rêve: La nuit a des douceurs de femme
Violin Sonata No. 3, Movement 2 - Piano Score
Violin Sonata No. 3 - Piano Score - Piano Score
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Horn in E-flat 2
String Quartet No. 1 2nd movement - Tenor Saxophone
Ballet from Petite Suite - Horn in F 1
Ballet from Petite Suite - Trombone 2
Pour remercier la pluie au matin - Preface
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Preface
Pour un tombeay sans nom - Flute
Danse Bohemienne - Preface
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque - Piano
Jimbo's Lullaby - Score
No. 3: Toccata
No. 1: Prelude
No. 12: Pour les Accords
Il pleure dans mon coeur comme il pleut sur la ville - No. 2 from "Ariettes oubliées" - L60
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Preface
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Tuba 2
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Solo Euphonium TC
The Snow is Dancing from Children's Corner - Preface
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Flute
Reverie - Alto Guitar 1
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Trumpet in C 1
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Preface
Minstrels, Prelude I, No.12 - Preface
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Trombone 2
Berceuse Héroïque - Horn in F 1
Berceuse Héroïque - Trombone 2
Beau Soir - Euphonium TC
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Trombone 1
Clair de lune - Trombone
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - From "Preludes - Book 1" - Trumpet 2 in Bb
Le Petite Negre - Horn in F
Jimbo's Lullaby - B-flat Bass Clarinet
No. 2: Pour les Tierces
No. 9: Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
No. 11: Les Tièrces Alternées
En Bateau - Flute
Images , No. 2: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût
No. 5: Bruyères
Prelude from Suite Bergamasque - Piano
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