Alfred Publishing An Introduction to His Piano Music - Debussy/Halford - Piano - Book/CD
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- Model # 24460
Editor: Margery Halford
Format: Book/CD
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Intermediate/Early Advanced
This collection of Debussy's popular intermediate pieces includes "Clair de lune," "Reverie," "Le petit negre," the complete "Children's Corner Suite" and other works. The introductory pages discuss symbolist poetry, French Impressionist painters and Debussy's musical style. A variety of photographs taken throughout the composer's life are also included.
Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- J. Turner
- Novelists
- Symbolist Poets
- Impressionist Painters
- Impressionism in Music
- Sidelight to History
- Biography
- Performance
- Pedaling
- Debussy's Harmony
- About the Compositions
- Arabesque
- The Children's Corner
- I. Dr. 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
- Clair de Lune
- Le Petit Negre
- Reverie
- Sarabande
- Recommended Reading
- Acknowledgments
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