Les sons et les parfums tournent dans lair du soir 5. Complete your walter gieseking plays debussy collection. A descriptive analysis of the preludes book 1 of claude. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Achilleclaude debussy 22nd august 1862 25th march 1918 was a french composer. These compositions, while endearing themselves to both pianist and listener, also occupy an important place in musical. Voiles, from debussy s first book of preludes, certainly displays some of debussy s compositional affinities. I would argue the tonality of this piece as being primarily based in c major. There are several works in which wholetone harmony plays an important role, such as cloches a travers les feuilles,i from images book 1 1905, and voiles, from preludes book 1 1909. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e. Voiles from 24 preludes, book 1 by sviatoslav richter.
Claude debussys preludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes. I have two editions of debussy s voiles and a senior student of mine is preparing the piece for an exam. The purpose of this thesis is to discuss and give a descriptive analysis of twelve of the twentyfour preludes written by claude debussy. Helpful english translations of french terms as well as debussy s performance. But lets have a look at how someone else approached this. In his later works, debussy took greater chances, implementing more nonresolving dissonances selfproclaimed floating chords and fragmented forms. He was one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the 20th century. Unlike other collections of preludes by great composers, debussys do not follow a strict pattern of key signature. Voiles is a composition by claude debussy for solo piano from 1909. The great benefit of dividing the octave in these ways is to avoid traditional harmony, which seems to have been coltranes intention.
Parting the veils of debussy s voiles page 47 doesnt feel as it should and by some sense of the poetic penumbra that still. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l air du soir 5. Walter gieseking plays debussy preludes book 1 discogs. Among the most important 20th century composers, and the most influential. This significant compilation of 12 preludes represents debussy s mature writing style and is filled with a great diversity of compositional styles. Voiles metadata this file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Voiles da preludi, libro i, per pianoforte debussy voiles preludes, book 1 no. Preludes, book 1 claude debussys preludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano, written in 191010 and 1912, and published as book i and ii respectively. Claude debussys preludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes each.
Among the most important 20th century composers, and the most. One of my editions indicates holding the sustain pedal for the entire last three bars, only releasing it at the end of the final beat so that the ce chord. It is the second piece in a set of twelve preludes published in 1910. Adele katz on the other hand was more reluctant to adjust the 26 arnold whittall, debussy now, in the cambridge companion to debussy. The music expresses a vast repertoire of emotions, colors and moods. Other debussian devices include the regarding of the seventh chord e. Free sheet music l 117, debussy, claude preludes, book 1. As the dan tranh is tuned to the pentatonic scale itself, the khong minh toa lau is naturally in a pentatonic scale, with many descending and ascending glissandos within this scale. And so, while schepkin always approaches the music with curiosity and intelligence, there is a palpable sense of dark, of mystery, of surfaces borne up by well nigh inexplicable cosmic and tangential quantum depths below all the myriad surfaces of things in nature. Book i was written between december 1909 and february 1910, and book ii between the last months of 1912 and early april 19. Analysis debussy voiles claude debussy elements of. The title of the piece may be translated to english as either veils or sails. Debussy preludes, book 1 by claude debussy 18621918. Preludes books 1 and 2 preludes 1er et 2e livres piano solo sheet music durand 1.
Debussy, jeni zaharieva the complete 24 preludes for. Voiles, a song by claude debussy, maurizio pollini on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Debussys musical forms are nothing, if not intuitive. Debussy s most dramatic contribution to music history was his disregard for traditional chord structures and tonality.
Debussy preludes, book 1 in 2008, i finished the first that i know of complete orchestration of debussy s first book of preludes for piano. The project goal was to revive the origins of chamber music organizing concerts on private. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans lair du soir. Pentatonic scale in debussy s voiles as discussed before, the other two pieces are in the pentatonic scale as well. I wonder what opinions other teachers have on pedalling in the final bar. A descriptive analysis of the preludes book 1 of claude debussy.
Voiles debussy, claude symphonic orchestra 1 pdf adaptator. Debussy preludes, book 1 download free sheet music. Im thinking of voiles from the preludes, bk 1 of claude debussy. After training at the paris conservatory, debussy took several jobs to support. Analysis debussy voiles claude debussy elements of music. Get to know all of the debussy preludes with christina mcmaster this month. Included are english translations of french terms, debussy s performance.
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