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Claude Debussy c. 1910. This is a complete list of compositions by Claude Debussy initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. "L¹" numbers are also given from Lesure's ...
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar (Achille) Claude Debussy [n 1] was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at ...
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ( L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed in Paris on 22 December 1894, conducted by Gustave Doret. [1] [2] The flute solo was played by Georges ...
The Mushrooms Going to War, for voice (bass) and piano (1904) Conductor and Tarantula, for voice and piano (1906) Lost. Faun and Shepherdess, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op. 2 (1907) Pastorale, for vocalise soprano and piano (1907) Stravinsky created an arrangement of this piece for soprano and four woodwinds in 1923, and arrangements for ...
Orchestra. women's chorus. Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an Impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques ( Henri de Régnier, 1890).
The Afternoon of a Faun (French: L'Après-midi d'un faune) is a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, and was first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 29 May 1912. Nijinsky danced the main part himself. The ballet is set to Claude Debussy 's symphonic poem Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 (The Joyful Island) is a piece for solo piano by Claude Debussy composed in 1904. It is assumed that the painting The Embarkation for Cythera by Jean-Antoine Watteau served as inspiration for the piece, with Debussy reimagining a group's journey to the island considered Aphrodite 's birthplace, and their subsequent ...
Préludes. (Debussy) Claude Debussy 's Préludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes each. Unlike some notable collections of preludes from prior times, such as Chopin 's Op. 28 preludes, or the preludes from Johann Sebastian Bach 's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Debussy's do not follow a strict pattern of tonal ...