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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Danse in E Major
Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été - Score
Golliwog's Cakewalk - Cornet 2 in B-flat
Pour un tombeay sans nom - Preface
Pour invoquer Pan, dieu de vent d'été
Première Rhapsodie - Set of Parts
Violin Sonata No. 3 - Set of Parts
Piano Trio G Major - Score
String Quartet In G Minor, Op. 10 - Score
Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Euphonium 1 BC/TC
Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Trumpet 1
Première Rhapsodie - Piano Score - Piano Score
Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner - Score
Jimbo's Lullaby - B-flat Clarinet 1
Jimbo's Lullaby - Score and Parts
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Trombone 3
Prélude No. 6 / Pensées sur un Prélude
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - From "Preludes - Book 1" - Trombone 2
Le Petite Negre - Score and Parts
Le Petite Negre - Tuba
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Trumpet 2 in Bb
No. 9: La Sérénade Interrompue
No. 6: Pour les Huit Doigts
No. 8: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
Les Estampes, No. 2: La Soirée dans Grenade
Berceuse Héroïque - Horn in E-flat 1
No. 5: Pour les Octaves
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - French Horns 1 & 2
No. 2: Voiles
No. 4: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
No. 2: Les cloches
No. 12: Feux d'Artifice
No. 3: Pour les Quartes
Arabesque No. 1 in E Major
Suite Bergamasque: Prélude
No. 7: Pour les Degrés Chromatiques
Berceuse Héroïque - B-flat Trombone 2
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque - easy version - Piano
Syrinx - Flute
Serenade for the Doll from Children's Corner - Piano
Prelude from Suite Bergamasque - Preface
Bruyères - Score
En Bateau - Preface
Arabesque No. 1 - Score
Minuet from Suite Bergamasque - Score
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - B-flat Clarinet 1
Beau Soir - Set of Parts
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin - Euphonium 1 TC
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