The piece takes the form of a nocturne, suggestive of music being played at distant festivities of a summer evening in grenade. The composer claude debussy needs little introduction. This paper explored the compositional techniques of form, melody, texture, and rhythm in each piece. Estampes, one of debussys most famous piano works, includes many of the signature traits of his compositional style and consists of three separate pieces. Evolving performance practice of debussys piano preludes.
High quality, reworked text for maximum clarity, sostenuto pedal and practical performance suggestions. Pour le piano, l 95 estampes, l 100 par frederic vaysseknitter, piano. Heres a introduction by mark delpriora via this naxos album. Composto nella tonalita di fa diesis minore, il brano dura allincirca cinque minuti e vuole ricreare unatmosfera prettamente spagnola. When you dont have any money to go on holiday, you must make do by using your imagination, debussy wrote, and the first two pieces in his triptych estampes constitute an exotic travelog. Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivieres sont roses. It consists of three piece, and was composed and published in 1903, with dedication to j. The piece takes the form of a nocturne, suggestive of music being played at distant festivities of a summer evening in granada. The repertoire for my graduate piano recital includes. I have recently had the hammers on my piano replaced, and the sound is much more rich.
Habanera rhythm the rhythm based on the habanera, originally a cuban dance. Meaning prints or engravings, claude debussys estampes, composed in 1903, is a musical journey that spans nearly half the world. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Soiree dans grenade project gutenberg selfpublishing. Feb 24, 2008 the composer claude debussy needs little introduction. Played by sanel redzic on a 1961 hermann hauser ii via siccas guitars and their great youtube channel. Martha graham, klaw theatre, november 28, 1926 library. The solo work, later renamed the moth, was performed by martha. Mar 11, 2019 9 pages of notes about the musical features of debussy estampes nos. Appraising background information the composer claude debussy 18621918 was the leading french composer of the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Claude debussy, estampes anna zassimova, piano video.
Debussy 18621918 was associated with impressionism, which was a reaction against the excesses of romanticism. Print and download in pdf or midi excerpt from estampes. String quartet world free sheet music pdf, midi, mp3. As a pianist, he was noted for his avoidance of the crisp, dry and articulated style which typified french pianism of the nineteenth century. It had caused a minor controversy shortly after its premiere when ravel asserted that debussy borrowed a feature c sharp octaves from. It begins with evocations of east asia in the opening piece, pagodas. A creative and critical new edition including changes of keysignature, improved layout and hand distribution.