Claude Debussy

The "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" is often described as the first composition of modernism and is one of Debussy's most popular and most frequently performed orchestral works. The piece has surv...

Sensual instrumentation, subtle rhythms, flowing moods – with “La Mer”, his “three symphonic sketches”, Claude Debussy created a key work of musical impressionism. Debussy’s autograph score served for...

One of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Debussy overturned traditional concepts of form, harmony, rhythm, and orchestral coloration. Among his most popular works are the composition...

Composed between 1889 and 1890, this first version of Claude Debussy's Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre was never performed or published during the composer's lifetime. It was only a year after his d...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Tambourine, Tubular bells, Tam-tam, Glockenspiel, Xylophone,...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, Trumpet in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Glockenspiel), Harp Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello,...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Tambourine, Tubular bells, Sleigh bells, Glockenspiel, Xylop...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, Percussion - 1 player (Triangle, Glockenspiel), Harp Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Claude Debussy wrote two s...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion - 4 players (Cymbals, Side drum, Tambourine, Tam...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion - 3 players (Cymbals, Tam-tam, Triangle, Tubular...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb or A, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Percussion (3 players:Castanets, Snare drum, Cymbals, Tambourine, Triang...

Orchestra. 3.2.2.2 / 4.0.0.0 / 2hp / crotales (cymbales antiques) / strings

Chorus (SA) and orchestra. 3.3.2.3 / 4.3.3.1 / timb / 2perc / 2hp / strings

Orchestra. 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.2.0 / 2perc / timb / pno / hp / strings

Piano and orchestra. 3(+picc).2(+ca).2(+clB).3 / 4.3.3.0 / 2hp (2e ad lib.) / timb / cymb / strings

Soprano, 3 baritones and orchestra. 4.4.4.4 / 4.3.3.1 / perc / timb / 2hp / strings

Claude Debussy's Rhapsodie mauresque is one of those works that we know more by anecdote than by the music itself. The composer's first biographer, Léon Vallas, recounts the genesis of the piece in hi...

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86) was composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) in 1894. A symphonic poem based on Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem L’après-midi d’un f...

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86) was composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) in 1894. A symphonic poem based on Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem L’après-midi d’un f...

LA MER was the second of Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) three orchestral works in three sections. Although the composition of LA MER took him more than a year and a half, this was unusually quick progre...

LA MER was the second of Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) three orchestral works in three sections. Although the composition of LA MER took him more than a year and a half, this was unusually quick progre...

In 1888, Erik Satie (1866-1925) completed his TROIS GYMNOPÉDIES, three lilting, dream-like exercises for solo piano. They were published separately, the second one appearing last in 1895. Working as a...