Claude Debussy's Paris was factionalized, politicized, and litigious. It was against this background of ferment and change--which characterized French society and music from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I--that Debussy re-thought music. This book captures the complexity of the composer's res[...]

Consisting of four movements, this work for one piano/four hands shows the influence of the French lyric opera composers Gounod and Massenet. Debussy composed this work before he had fully developed his Impressionistic style, and with its clarity of patterns and conciseness of form, Debussy pays a k[...]

The original, unedited, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of "Suite Bergamasque" is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major. The title, "Clair de lune," suggests a relationship to Paul Verlaine's eponymo[...]

A passion for Debussy? With fingerings clearly marked and designed for easy reading, these books are the ideal resource for any piano or keyboard player. Suited to every ability and helpfully grouped by level of difficulty each book contains pieces to delight lovers of the classical masterpieces. Cl[...]

The Indispensable Debussy Collection contains 19 of Debussy's most famous pieces in arrangements for solo Piano, including: Children's Corner, Deux Arabesques, Clair de lune, Rêverie, selections from Préludes, Livres I and II and more.[...]

A beautifully written and original biography of one of the greatest and most popular of modern composers--which also deeply investigates his much-loved music. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music l[...]

(Creative Concepts Publishing). A fine collection of 27 Debussy pieces arranged for piano solo, including: Ballade * Clair de Lune * Danse * Deux Arabesques, Nos. 1 and 2 * Hommage a Rameau * Jardins Sous la Pluie * The Maid With the Flaxen Hair * Mazurka * Reflets Dans l'eau * Sarabande from "Pour [...]

Arthur Hartmann (1881-1956), a celebrated violinist who performed over a thousand recitals throughout Europe and the United States, met Claude Debussy in 1908, after he had transcribed 'Il pleure dans mon coeur' for violin and piano. Their relationship developed into friendship, and in February 1914[...]

(Music Minus One). Here is Claude Debussy's marvelous sonata for violin and piano, as well as two other great French masterworks by Faure and Camille Saint-Saens. Listen to virtuosi Hossen and Milena Mollova play a reference version of this great sonata, then you step in with Ms. Mollova as your par[...]