Claude debussy compositions list

16 March , | Updated: 16 March ,

Debussy was a master of orchestral and solo piano music. From Clair de Lune to La mer, here are the best pieces of classical music the composer ever wrote.

From lazy woodland creatures on a hot summer’s day to the plains of southern Spain, Claude Debussy is the unparalleled master of evocative musical imagery.

Forever entwined in the imaginations of his admirers with lethargic fauns, and idyllic woodlands thick with summer haze, the French composer was classical music’s answer to the impressionist art movement which took Paris by storm in the mid to late 19th century.

As Monet, Cézanne and Renoir were masters of the visual arts, so Debussy was a master at crafting intricate and mesmerising soundscapes, transporting his audiences to dream-like worlds with his musical reveries.

Here are 10 of Debussy’s all-time greatest pieces.

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1. Clair de lune ()

   Think of relaxing piano music, and Debussy’s gorgeous ‘Clair de lune’ probably comes to mind. It’s the third, and most famous, movement from Suite bergamasque, which Debussy began writing in and ultimately finished in So the story goes, Debussy didn’t originally wan

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   Claude Debussy ()

   Hyperion Records CDA

   Angela Hewitt’s previous forays into the French repertoire have been praised for their ‘tenderness, Gallic wit, verve, and—the most important ingredient of all—charm’. These qualities are very much to the fore in this new disc of Debussy featuring some of the composer’s most sunlit, delightful and popular works.

   &#;An ideal introduction to Debussy… one that can be enjoyed equally by experienced listeners &#; thanks to the artless touch and precise colours the Canadian pianist brings to each piece&#; (Financial Times)

   Children&#;s Corner (17&#;05)
   1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (2&#;10)
   2. Jimbo&#;s Lullaby (3&#;26)
   3. Serenade for the Doll (2&#;52)
   4. The snow is dancing (2&#;41)
   5. The Little Shepherd (2&#;50)
   6. Golliwog&#;s Cake-Walk (3&#;06)

   Suite Bergamasque (18&#;27)
   7. Prélude (4&#;20)
   8. Menuet (4&#;30)
   9. Clair de lune (5&#;36)
   Passepied (4&#;01)
   Danse (5&#;28)

   Deux Arabesques (7&#;43)
   Andantino (4&#;01)
   Allegretto scherzando (3&#;42)

   Pour le piano (14&#;06)
   Prélude (4&#;23)
   Sarabande (5&#;31)
   Toccata (4&#;12)
   Masques (5&#;03)
   L&#;isle joyeuse (6&#;42)
   La plus que lente (4&#;51)

   Children’s Corner was written for Debussy’s beloved daughter (though not, as Hewitt explain

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List of compositions by Claude Debussy

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Orchestra

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1. Fête
2. Ballet
3. Rêve
4. Cortège pull out Bacchanale

orchestra orchestration support L 46a;

3rd mvt lost

63b60bAriettes oubliées, retinue

1. Le be cautious dans concert plaine terminate son haleine
2. Aquarelles: Green

orchestra orchestration tension L 63a No.1 & 5 emergency André Caplet under Debussy's supervision 68b61bPrintemps, Suite Symphoniqueorchestra (with softly four-hands, harp) orchestral version snatch L 68a by Henri Büsser below Debussy's supervising 71b65bPetite Suite

1. En bateau
2. Cortège
3. Menuet
4. Ballet

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