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 28 of 41
Nuit de Paix
Golliwog's Cakewalk - Euphonium
Danse Boh
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Prélude to Act 3 - Tombones 1 & 2
Arabesque No 1 in E major from Deux arabesques L 66
Syrinx in D flat major
De Pas Sur La Neige
La Puerta Del Vinto
Berceuse Heroique / Heroic Lullaby
Book Ii:
Douze Etudes / Twelve Etudes – Book I:
Morceau De Concours / Competition Piece
Pour Invoque Pan, Dieu Du Vent D'ete
Six Epigraphes Antiques / Six Antique Epigraphs:
Reverie [Dancla, Charles]
Prelude, Cortege Et Air De Danse From L'enfant Prodigue
Danses – Danses Sacree Et Danse Profane / Sacred Dance And Secular Dance
En Blanc Et Noir / In Black And White
La Mer / The Sea
Marche Ecossaise Sur Un Theme Populaire (The 'earl Of Ross March') / Scottish March On A Popular Theme
Aquarelles 1: Green
Aquarelles 2 Spleen
La Mer Est Plus Belle Que Les Cathedrales
Le Son Du Cor S'afflige Vers Les Bois
L'echelonnement Des Haies Moutonne A L'infini
Paysages Belges: Chevaux De Bois
[Unknown]
Aimons-nous Et Dormons
Ariettes Oubilees:
Cinq Poemes De Charles Baudelaire:
Fetes Galantes Pour Madame Vasnier:
Pantomine
The Essential Horn
Suite Bergamasque [Debussy, Claude]
Pelleas And Melisande
Glossary Of French Terms
No.1
No.2
No.16
Ballet,From 'Petite Suite'
Homage To Rameau, From 'Images' Book I
Homage To S.Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
Selected Preludes
Selections From 'Children's Corner Suite'
Selections From 'Suite Bergamasque'
Sailing
Clair de lune - Trumpet 2
Le Petite Negre - Trumpet 1 in Bb
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