Girl with the Flaxen Hair is one of Claude Debussy's most popular piano works. With its impressionistic and progressive harmonies, the piece may have been a significant influence for many jazz artists of the century. This is an arrangement by David Marlatt for seven clarinets, bass clarinet, and optional percussion.
This significant compilation of 12 preludes represents Debussy's mature writing style and is filled with a great diversity of compositional styles. The music expresses a vast repertoire of emotions, colors and moods. Included are English translations of French terms, Debussy's performance suggestions as well as suggestions from Dr. Hinson, and an analysis of each prelude. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.
Claude Debussy's Douze Études (Twelve Studies) for piano were written during the summer of 1915, a period in the composer's life filled with intense creativity. This scholarly edition, edited by Dr. Stewart Gordon, has been carefully researched from autographs and first editions. Discrepancies between sources are mentioned in footnotes. In prefatory matter, Dr. Gordon discusses Debussy's playing, pedaling considerations, and articulation issue...
Written in 1903, Gardens in the Rain (Jardins Sous La Pluie), from Debussy's solo piano work, Estampes, " describes a garden in France during an extremely violent rainstorm. There are sections of the piece that suggest blowing wind, thunderstorm, and raindrops. It also uses portions of French folk melodies "We'll Not Return to the Woods" and "Sleep, Child, Sleep." Chromatic, whole tone, major and minor scales are used.
Originally composed for piano duet (1 piano, 4 hands), Debussy's 1889 composition, In the Boat, " from his Petite Suite, has also been orchestrated by Henri Büsser. This is the piano solo version of "En Bateau.
Maurice Hinson has provided an excellent edition of the famous Reverie, especially useful for students and performers, well-spaced and readable, with performance suggestions, footnotes, and historical information.
The original, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of Suite Bergamasque is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major. The title, Clair de lune, suggests a relationship to Paul Verlaine's eponymous poem, describing a vision of long-dead dancers in the moonlight. The music transmits the otherworldly, transparent, and impalpable qualities of the experience...
This analytical and pedagogical edition by Maurice Hinson will give the pianist a clearer understanding of Debussy's creative processes as well as an educated introduction to one of the composer's masterpieces. Pedal and metronome markings are editorial, and Dr. Hinson has consulted the Peters, Henle and Bibliothque national, Paris, editions.
Originally composed in 1890 as Tarantelle Styrienne, " Debussy reissued the piece in 1903 under the title "Danse." This is one of Debussy's most brilliant dances, and was such a favorite of Maurice Ravel's that he arranged it for orchestra in 1923.
The Two Arabesques (Deux arabesques), L. 66, are two of Debussy's earliest works, composed between the years 1888 and 1891, when he was still in his twenties. Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) had originally intended for Images pour orchestre to be a sequel to the first set if Images for solo piano. However, around 1905, he had decided to orchestrate the compositions rather than set them for two pianos working on them between 1905-1912. The work is written in three movements: I. Gigues, II. Ibéria, and III. Rondes de printemps (Round dances of spring). But each of the three movements are customarily perfor...
