Matériel : Partition
9 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty with practical comments-You do not need to be a piano virtuoso to enter into the dream world of French Impressionism. With Debussy this is especially straightforward because he knows how to create masterly miniatures possessing poetic depth even withsimple technical means. Clair de lune is probably the best known of these though by no means the only example as our selection here proves. And whoever works through this volume successfully can then play a real concert piece inthe shape of La cathédrale engloutie the final work in our selection.
SKU: HL.14010915
ISBN 9780711960220. 8.25x11.75x0.035 inches.
In 1920, a Parisian magazine asked several leading composers to compose musical tributes to the famous French musician Claude Debussy, who had died in 1918. The great Spanish composer Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) wasone of them: having met Debussy in Paris, he had been heavily influenced by the French impressionists. His Homenaje (Homage) was his only work for solo Guitar, although it was arranged by the composer for soloPiano almost immediately. It is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of early 20th century music - at only three minutes in length, it is often said it has twenty minutes' worth of music contained within it.