Claude Debussy
Danses

for Harp and String Orchestra

Instrumentation Harp and Piano
Composer Claude Debussy
Editor Peter Jost
Difficulty Level
(medium)
Edition Piano reduction with part(s) (Urtext)
Publisher G. Henle Verlag
Order no. HN1584

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Language: German English French
Release: 01.09.2022
Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music of the Modern Age
Accompaniment: Piano
ISMN: 9790201815848

Debussy wrote these two short dances to a commission from the instrument-making firm of Pleyel, which was keen to use famous names in the marketing of its newly-developed chromatic harp. The dances are also playable without problem on the pedal harp, which was to replace the chromatic harp on the concert platform. The archaic style of the pieces, including modal harmonies, used to express a 'sacred' rite and a 'profane' dance of joy, points to the enthusiasm for antiquity of Debussy himself and of the artistic world around 1900. Ours is the first critical edition of the pieces, and is based on careful checking of the autograph and first edition. Practical support has been provided by the well-known harpist Margit-Anna Süss-Schellenberger, who has arranged the solo part of this Urtext edition for modern harp.