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 24 of 41
Children's Corner No. 1: Docteur Gradus ad Parnassum
No. 4: De soir: Dimanche sur les villes
Petit Suite
String Quartet In G minor, Movt. 4
No. 2: La chevelure
Trois Chansons, I. Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder!, Lord! Lovely hast thou made my dear
No. 3: Eventail
No. 2: De grêve: Sur la mer les crepuscules tombent
The Little Negro - Full Score
Violin Sonata No. 3, Movement 3 - Piano Score
Le Petit N
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Bass Trombone
La Cath
Première Rhapsodie - Clarinet - Clarinet
Violin Sonata No. 3 - Violin - Violin
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Horn in F 1
Golliwog's Cakewalk - Cornet 1 in B-flat
String Quartet No. 1 2nd movement - Bass
No. 1: Romance
Images , No. 1: Cloches à travers les feuilles
L'ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée - No. 3 from "Ariettes oubliées" - L60
Spleen - - No. 6 from "Ariettes oubliées" - L60
Images , No. 1: Reflets dans I'eau
Minstrels - Score
Reverie - Alto Guitar 2
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Full Score
Jimbo's Lullaby from Children's Corner - Trumpet in C 2
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Violin 1
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - B-flat Trumpet 1
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - E-flat Clarinet
La Fille aux cheveux de lin - Trombone 3
Beau Soir - Piano Score
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Euphonium 1 BC
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Score and Parts
Jimbo's Lullaby - E-flat Clarinet
Jimbo's Lullaby - E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Trombone 2
Clair de lune - Score and Parts
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - From "Preludes - Book 1" - Trombone 1
Sarabande - from Debussy's "Pour le Piano"
Le Petite Negre - Trombone
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Trumpet 1 in Bb
No. 5: Les collines d'Anacapri
No. 7: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
No. 3: Menuet
No. 1: Pour les Cinq Doigts
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - Trumpet 3 in C/Trumpet 4 in C
No. 1: Danseuses de Delphes
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