Debussys most dramatic contribution to music history was his disregard for traditional chord structures and tonality. Claude debussy le second cahier dimages pour piano. One of the twentieth centurys most innovative and influential composers, debussy was a musical impressionist a term he disliked. Debussy, philharmonia orchestra, ambrosian singers. Like all entries in the cambridge music handbooks series, it is a heady musicological analysis meant for those with at least some training in music theory. The approach he took to music composition inspired a completely new genre of music and impacted composers for decades to come. Debussys music is primarily tonal, but that the tonality is obscured by certain practices. Claude debussy was a famous french composer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Independently and together fiona and john have rounded, versatile careers that combine concerts. Cortege du sage le sage procession of the sage the sage. Claude debussy a music appreciation lesson for kids. Rarely have i heard debussy presented with such purity of intonation and miracles of ensemble.
The critical edition does, however, contain many important corrections examples. Founding concert of the lucerne festival orchestra recorded live at the lucerne festival, summer 2003 concert hall of the culture and convention center luce. Marie rolf in the introduction to the durand critical edition. The sea, is an orchestral composition by claude debussy. That little token of her love for claude debussy stayed with her till. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Download program page pdf buy tickets to this performance. If impressionism means anything at all in music then this score is its epitome in orchestral terms.
Again, we get some of the finest recordings of his music ever made, all of it in quite good sound. The first performance was given on october 15 of that year in paris. All three works are programmatic, but debussys concern was to create an atmosphere rather than any naturalistic likeness. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him. He was one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the 20th century. Debussy develops this to a wonderful suggestion of the swelling of waves, as a theme for divided cellos swells and subsides this is similarly copied by the timpani and horns. Mozgot, s ontology of space in claude debussys sheet music 209219.
Achilleclaude debussy 22nd august 1862 25th march 1918 was a french composer. Now, they have issued a twodisc set of works by french impressionist composer claude debussy 18621918. These episodes can also be heard in the final stages of the final movement. Cd, album cbs masterworks, cbs masterworks mk 37832, 0783210. Debussys father was a sailor and his tales of vast oceans and exotic lands held claude spellbound as a boy. Counterpoint takes the form of combining motifs in fetes in a. Composed between 1903 and 1905, the piece was premiered in paris in october 1905.
Thev attempted to combine wagnerian innovations with elements of traditional french opera. And unlike the ballet sets, which provided only bits and pieces of longer works, the selections on this. He had started the work two years earlier while on. Claude achille debussy august 22, 1862 march 25, 1918, composer of impressionistic classical music born in saintgermainenlaye, yvelines, france, claude debussy studied with guiraud and others at the paris conservatoire. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The sea has exerted an irresistible attraction on mans. Intervallic process and autonomy in the first movement of debussys sonata for cello and piano.
It is a work of such imagination that it stands apart from. From age ten on he studied in the paris conservatory time. Claude debussy, annotated bibliographies by jay hook. Pdf ontology of space in claude debussys sheet music. The score calls for two flutes and piccolo, two oboes and english horn. But the work was performed in the us in 1907 and britain in 1908. It was started in 1903 in france and completed in 1905 on the english channel coast in eastbourne. Claudeachille debussy 22 august 1862 25 march 1918 a french composer. A family trip to cannes when he was seven years old ignited his lifelong fascination with the thoughts and moods evoked by moving water. In painting, these may be more associated with the backdrop of the subject rather than the subject itself, and we may conclude from debussy s focus on these elemental subjects that the essence. Often performed in concert, it is one of the composers most famous and greatest works.
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