SKU: FA.MFCD017B
8.27 x 11.69 inches.
Contains Le Roi Lear: Prelude,Premiere Fanfare, and La Mort de Cordelia,Toomai des elephants, Rodrigue et Chimene: Prelude a l'acte 1p. Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien: La Passion , and No-ja-li ou Le Palais du SilenceFrom Robert Orledge's notes:My interest in the wonderful music of Claude Debussy began in the 1980s when I researched and published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled Debussy and the Theatre. During the course of my studies in Paris, I was amazed to discover that Debussy planned over 50 theatrical works but only finished two of these entirely by himself (the opera Pelleas et Melisande in 1893-1902 and the ballet Jeux for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1912-13). Of the rest, many were never started musically (like Siddartha and Orphee-roi with the Oriental scholar Victor Segalen, 1907); some had a few tantalising sketches (like the Edgar Allan Poe opera Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1902-03); some were half-finished (like his other Poe opera La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1908-17); while others were musically complete but had their orchestrations completed by other composers (like Khamma, by Charles Koechlin, 1912-13; or Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien and La Boite a joujoux by his 'angel of corrections' ['l'ange des Corrections'] Andre Caplet in 1911 and 1919 respectively).For it has to be admitted that what some scholars call Debussy's 'compulsive achievement' could equally well be viewed as laziness, especially as far as the minute detail required for calligraphing his orchestral scores was concerned. It was as if creating the music itself was of greater importance than controlling its final sound, even if Debussy was an imaginative orchestrator when he found the time and energy to do it. It also seems true that Debussy also preferred inventing ideas to turning them into complete pieces. However, despite the lack of detail in many of his sketches (missing clefs, key signatures, dynamics, phrasing, etc.) the notes themselves are surprisingly accurate, whether or not they can be compared with a later draft. Thus, a large number of sketches exist for his Chinese ballet No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence and it is not too difficult to see which parts of Georges de Feure's 1913 scenario (see below) inspired which ideas. But Debussy hardly made any attempt to join them together after the first few bars.It was usually up to his publisher, Jacques Durand, to find solutions when Debussy risked a breach of contract. Debussy was supposed to supervise the orchestrations completed by others, but this supervision was usually very light and restricted to quiet, sensitive moments in which problems were easier to spot. Far from jealously guarding every one of his created notes, as Ravel did, Debussy once even went as far as to ask Koechlin to 'write a ballet for him that he would sign' on 26 March 1914 when he was hard-pressed to fulfil his lucrative contract for No-ja-li with Andre Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre in London. In the end, Debussy (through Durand) sent Charlot the symphonic suite Printemps instead, whose orchestration had been completed by Henri Busser in the Spring of 1912.So, when I was offered early retirement as Professor of Music at Liverpool University in 2004, I seized the opportunity it would give me to spend time trying to reconstruct some of Debussy's lost potential masterpieces from his existing sketches and drafts--then orchestrating them in Debussy's style when this was appropriate. I had begun this mission in 2001 with the most promising project, the missing parts of Scene 2 of La Chute de la Maison Usher and the sheer joy it gave me at every stage persuaded me to tackle other projects, especially when Debussy experts were unable to identify exactly where I took over from Debussy (and vice versa) in Usher.
SKU: LM.26465
ISBN 9790230964654.
BACH : Concerto Brandebourgeois n. 2 (1er mvt) - BBEETHOVEN : Concerto pour piano n. 1 (3e mvt) - Marche turque des Ruines d'Athenes - Symphonie n. 6 (1er mvt) - Symphonie n. 7 (3e mvt) - BERLIOZ : Les Francs-Juges (ouverture) - Symphonie fantastique (La Marche a l'echafaud) - BIZET : Carmen (Prelude) - L'Arlesienne (Carillon et Suite) - BRAHMS : Ouverture pour une fete academique - Variations sur un theme de Haydn (Final) - CHABRIER : Espana (Rapsodie) - DEBUSSY : Nocturne (Nuages) - DVORAK : Danses slaves Op.46 n. 1 - Symphonie n. 8 (2e, 4e mvt) - Symphonie n. 9 (2e, 3e mvt) - Variation symphonique n. 3 - ELGAR : Enigma variations (n. 1 et final) - FRANCK : Symphonie en re mineur (3e mvt) - GRIEG : Concerto pour piano Op.16 (1er, 3e mvt) - HAYDN : Symphonie n. 94 (3e, 4e mvt) - Symphonie n. 101 (2e mvt) - HOLST : Les Planetes (Jupiter) - LISZT : Rapsodie hongroise - MENDELSSOHN : Les Hebrides (ouverture) - Songe d'une nuit d'ete (Marche nuptiale) - MOZARTt : Concerto pour piano n. 21 (2e mvt) - Symphonie n. 40 (3e mvt) - NICOLAI : Les Joyeuses Commeres de Windsor (ouverture) - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV : Cappriccio espagnol (2e mvt) - Sheherazade (3e mvt, Le Prince) - ROSSINI : Le Barbier de Seville (ouverture) - Guillaume Tell (ouverture) - L'Italienne a Alger - SCHUBERT : Symphonie n. 5 (2e, 4e mvt) - Symphonie n. 8 (1er, 2e mvt) - SCHUMANN : Concerto pour piano Op.54 (3e mvt) - SMETANA : La Fiancee vendue (ouverture) - SUPPE : Cavalerie legere (ouverture) - TCHAIKOVSKY : Casse-Noisette (Danse russe, Valse des fleurs) - Ouverture 1812 Op.49 - Symphonie n. 2 (2e mvt) - Symphonie n. 5 (1er mvt) - Symphonie n. 6 (2e, 3e mvt) - WAGNER : Le Vaisseau fantome (ouverture) - WEBER : Oberon (ouverture).
SKU: BT.WA-4089-401
ISBN 9789043141963. English.
This beautiful melody from the French master of romance makes an ideal piano which can be used in a great variety of circumstances from weddings to funerals. Composés entre 1909 et 1912, les deux livres de Préludes pour Piano comptent parmi les œuvres tardives de Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Elles révèlent une grande diversité de styles, de textures, de climats et d’émotions, et constituent un condensé de toutes les particularités du langage de Debussy. La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin est le huitième prélude du premier livre. Il est célèbre pour sa profondeur émotionnelle malgré sa simplicité technique et harmonique. Nul ne sait qui fut la fille aux cheveux de lin, mais cette miniature merveilleusement subtile réveille notre imaginaire.
SKU: BT.AMP-203-010
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Claude Debussy wrote his two books of piano Preludes late in life, between 1909 and 1913. The 12 short pieces in each book display a rich variety of styles, moods and emotions almost a summing up of his compositional output and each has its own evocative title. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair is the 8th Prelude in the 1st book and popular for its emotional depth, despite its technical and harmonic simplicity. Indulge your band with this delightful arrangement.Claude Debussy (1862-1918) schreef zijn twee boeken met pianopreludes laat in zijn leven: tussen 1909 en 1913. De twaalf korte stukken in elk boek bevatten een rijke variatie aan stijlen, stemmingen en emoties. The Girl with theFlaxen Hair (La fille au cheveux de lin) is de achtste prelude uit het eerste boek, ze is geliefd vanwege de emotionele diepgang in de muziek, ondanks de technische en harmonische eenvoud. We weten niet wie het meisje in kwestiewas, maar deze mooie miniatuur roept levensechte beelden op.The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ist ein Präludium des französischen Komponisten Claude Debussy und berühmt für seine emotionale Tiefe, trotz seiner technischen und harmonischen Schlichtheit. Wer das im Titel genannte Mädchen mit dem flachsfarbenen Haar war, ist nicht bekannt, aber diese wunderschöne Miniatur lässt sehr lebendige Bilder vor dem inneren Auge entstehen. Bewegend! Composés entre 1909 et 1912, les deux livres de Préludes pour Piano comptent parmi les œuvres tardives de Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Chacune des vingt-quatre compositions - douze par livre - porte un titre évocateur. Elles révèlent une grande diversité de styles, de textures, de climats et d’émotions, et constituent un condensé de toutes les particularités du langage du musicien. Debussy a pris soin de n'indiquer les titres qu'en fin de morceau, de façon permettre chacun de découvrir ses impressions propres sans être influencé par des images ou poèmes existants. Le terme « impressionniste » prend ici tout son sens.La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin est lehuitième prélude du premier livre. Il est célèbre pour sa profondeur émotionnelle malgré sa simplicité technique et harmonique. Nul ne sait qui fut la fille aux cheveux de lin, mais cette miniature merveilleusement subtile réveille notre imaginaire. Claude Debussy scrisse i suoi due libri di Preludi per pianoforte in tarda et , tra il 1909 e il 1913. I 12 brevi pezzi di ogni libro mostrano una ricca variet di stili, umori ed emozioni, quasi un riassunto della sua produzione compositiva e ognuno ha il suo titolo evocativo. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair è l’ottavo preludio nel primo libro ed è molto popolare per la sua profondit emotiva, nonostante la sua semplicit tecnica ed armonica.
SKU: BT.AMP-203-140
Claude Debussy wrote his two books of piano Preludes late in life, between 1909 and 1913. The 12 short pieces in each book display a rich variety of styles, moods and emotions ? almost a summing up of his compositional output ? and each has its own evocative title. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair is the 8th Prelude in the 1st book and popular for its emotional depth, despite its technical and harmonic simplicity. Indulge your band with this delightful arrangement.Claude Debussy (1862-1918) schreef zijn twee boeken met pianopreludes laat in zijn leven: tussen 1909 en 1913. De twaalf korte stukken in elk boek bevatten een rijke variatie aan stijlen, stemmingen en emoties. The Girl with theFlaxen Hair (La fille au cheveux de lin) is de achtste prelude uit het eerste boek, ze is geliefd vanwege de emotionele diepgang in de muziek, ondanks de technische en harmonische eenvoud. We weten niet wie het meisje in kwestiewas, maar deze mooie miniatuur roept levensechte beelden op.The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ist ein Präludium des französischen Komponisten Claude Debussy und berühmt für seine emotionale Tiefe, trotz seiner technischen und harmonischen Schlichtheit. Wer das im Titel genannte Mädchen mit dem flachsfarbenen Haar war, ist nicht bekannt, aber diese wunderschöne Miniatur lässt sehr lebendige Bilder vor dem inneren Auge entstehen. Bewegend! Composés entre 1909 et 1912, les deux livres de Préludes pour Piano comptent parmi les œuvres tardives de Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Chacune des vingt-quatre compositions - douze par livre - porte un titre évocateur. Elles révèlent une grande diversité de styles, de textures, de climats et d’émotions, et constituent un condensé de toutes les particularités du langage du musicien. Debussy a pris soin de n'indiquer les titres qu'en fin de morceau, de façon permettre chacun de découvrir ses impressions propres sans être influencé par des images ou poèmes existants. Le terme « impressionniste » prend ici tout son sens.La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin est lehuitième prélude du premier livre. Il est célèbre pour sa profondeur émotionnelle malgré sa simplicité technique et harmonique. Nul ne sait qui fut la fille aux cheveux de lin, mais cette miniature merveilleusement subtile réveille notre imaginaire. Claude Debussy scrisse i suoi due libri di Preludi per pianoforte in tarda et , tra il 1909 e il 1913. I 12 brevi pezzi di ogni libro mostrano una ricca variet di stili, umori ed emozioni, quasi un riassunto della sua produzione compositiva e ognuno ha il suo titolo evocativo. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair è l’ottavo preludio nel primo libro ed è molto popolare per la sua profondit emotiva, nonostante la sua semplicit tecnica ed armonica.
