ETUDES, CHILDREN`S CORNER, IMAGES BOOK II: AND OTHER WORKS FOR PIANO
BY: CLAUDE DEBUSSY

PAGES: 176
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC
PUBLICATION DATE: 19TH AUGUST 1992
FORMAT: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
-MANY OF THE MOST ADMIRED OF DEBUSSY`S PIANO WORKS, REPRINTED FROM AUTHORITATIVE FRENCH EDITIONS, AMONG THEM THE ETUDES (1915), A LATE WORK THAT RICHLY DISPLAYS THE FULL RANGE AND DEPTH OF DEBUSSY`S GENIUS FOR THE PIANO, AND THE MAGICAL CHILDREN`S CORNER (1906–8). ALSO INCLUDED: NOCTURNE (1892), PIECE POUR PIANO (1903–4), IMAGES, BOOK II (1907), HOMMAGE A HAYDN (1910), THE LITTLE NIGAR (1909), LA PLUS QUE LENTE (1910), BERCEUSE HEROIQUE (1914), SIX EPIGRAPHES ANTIQUES (1914), AND ELEGIE (1915).

-REPRINT OF THE DURAND & CIE, MAX ESCHIG, ALPHONSE LEDUC, AND OTHERS, PARIS, 1892–1916 EDITIONS.

AUTHOR:
-FRENCH COMPOSER CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918) WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES WORKING WITHIN THE FIELD OF IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC, ALTHOUGH HE DISLIKED THE TERM WHEN APPLIED TO HIS COMPOSITIONS. A CENTRAL FIGURE IN EUROPEAN MUSIC OF THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, HE WAS MADE CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR IN 1903.

CONTENTS:
NOCTURNE
MORCEAU DE CONCOURS [COMPETITION PIECE]
CHILDREN`S CORNER (DEDICATED TO HIS DAUGHTER CHOUCHOU)
I. DOCTOR GRADUS AD PARNASSUM
II. JIMBO`S LULLABY
III. SERENADE OF THE DOLL
IV. THE SNOW IS DANCING
V. THE LITTLE SHEPHERD
VI. GOLLIWOGG`S CAKE WALK
'IMAGES, 2E SÉRIE [IMAGES, BOOK II]'
CLOCHES À TRAVERS LES FEUILLES [BELLS THROUGH THE LEAVES] (DED. TO ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER)
ET LA LUNE DESCEND SUR LE TEMPLE QUI FUT [AND THE MOON DESCENDS ON THE RUINED TEMPLE] (DED. LOUIS LALOY)
POISSONS D`OR [GOLDFISH] (DED. TO RICHARDO VIÑES)
HOMMAGE À HAYDN [HOMAGE TO HAYDN]
THE LITTLE NIGAR
LA PLUS QUE LENTE: VALSE [AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE: WALTZ]
BERCEUSE HÉROÏQUE [HEROIC LULLABY] (DED. TO HIS MAJESTY ALBERT 1ER OF BELGIUM)
SIX ÉPIGRAPHES ANTIQUES [SIX ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS] (ARR. BY DEBUSSY FROM THE FOUR-HAND VERSION)
I. 'POUR INVOQUER PAN, DIEU DU VENT D`ÉTÉ [TO INVOKE PAN, GOD OF THE SUMMER WIND]'
II. POUR UN TOMBEAU SANS NOM [FOR A NAMELESS TOMB]
III. POUR QUE LA NUIT SOIT PROPICE [THAT THE NIGHT MAY BE AUSPICIOUS]
IV. POUR LA DANSEUSE AUX CROTALES [FOR THE DANCER WITH CROTALES]
V. POUR L`ÉGYPTIENNE [FOR THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN]
VI. POUR REMERCIER LA PLUIE AU MATIN [TO GIVE THANKS TO THE MORNING RAIN]
DOUZE ÉTUDES [TWELVE ETUDES] (DED. TO THE MEMORY OF FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN)
BOOK I
I. 'POUR LES 'CINQ DOIGTS' -D`APRÈS MONSIEUR CZERNY [FOR THE 'FIVE FINGERS'-AFTER MR. CZERNY]'
II. POUR LES TIERCES [FOR THIRDS]
III. POUR LES QUARTES [FOR FOURTHS]
IV. POUR LES SIXTES [FOR SIXTHS]
V. POUR LES OCTAVES [FOR OCTAVES]
VI. POUR LES HUIT DOIGTS [FOR THE EIGHT FINGERS]
BOOK II
VII. POUR LES DEGRÉS CHROMATIQUES [FOR CHROMATIC STEPS]
VIII. POUR LES AGRÉMENTS [FOR ORNAMENTS]
IX. POUR LES NOTES RÉPÉTÉES [FOR REPEATED NOTES]
X. POUR LES SONORITÉS OPPOSÉES [FOR OPPOSING SONORITES]
XI. POUR LES ARPÈGES COMPOSÉS [FOR WRITTEN-OUT ARPEGGIOS]
XII. POUR LES ACCORDS [FOR CHORDS]