Claude Debussy
Cakewalk 'children's Corner'
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Claude Debussy
Cakewalk 'children's Corner'
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Editions Bourgès R.
- Order no. EBRA040
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The ANACROUSE collection offers novice and experienced pianists alike a wide choice of classical works, from the Renaissance to the modern era.
We have set ourselves the goal of offering both "must-haves" from the classical repertoire and pieces by sometimes forgotten composers, all of undeniable pedagogical value. Each piece, sold individually, has been the subject of careful editorial work, both in terms of the musical text and its engraving, in order to guarantee musicians the conditions essential to the pleasures derived from frequent trade in these works.
The scores are offered in traditional book form (paper sheets), and also available by download.
Golliwogg's Cake-Walk is the last and sixth piece in a collection of piano suites entitled Children's Corner. Debussy began composing this enchanting little collection in 1906, dedicating it to his daughter Claude-Emma, better known as Chouchou, in 1908. That same year, the collection was published by Editions Durand, with an original, attractive cover designed by the composer himself. The first official performance was given by Harold Bauer at the Cercle Musical in Paris on December 18, 1908. A few years later, Children's Corner was transcribed for orchestra by composer André Caplet. Debussy himself conducted the audition on March 25, 1911.
Although these six little suites are dedicated to his daughter with the words: "A ma très chère petite Chouchou, avec les tendres excuses de son père pour ce qui va suivre", they are not intended for children's hands. For some of them involve technical difficulties beyond the reach of very young performers.
The six pieces all have English titles, perhaps as a gentle mockery of the prevailing Anglomania of the time:
1) Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
2)Jimbo's Lullaby
3)Serenade for the doll
4)The snow is dancing
5)The litthe shepherd
6)Golliwogg's cake-walk
Golliwogg's Cake-walk (allegro giusto, E-flat 2/4) is the most famous piece in the collection, nicknamed "Ataxique et dégingandée" by pianist Alfred Cortot. It represents the final apotheosis of the collection. It's worth noting that the term Cake-Wake refers to a black American dance, and the word Golliwogg represents a nigger doll made of cloth.
Debussy borrows jazz music for the first time to express the articulate, jerky gestural dance of this nigger doll. In the middle of Cake-Walk, he half-ironically quotes the opening bars of Wagner's Tristan with a piquant annotation: "avec une grande émotion" ("with great emotion"), then takes up a second quotation in the final chord.
Through this piece full of musical effects and rhythmic counter-beats, the pianist-interpreter develops a nuanced touch, sensitivity and imagination in execution to bring to life a highly original, bouncy work.
We have set ourselves the goal of offering both "must-haves" from the classical repertoire and pieces by sometimes forgotten composers, all of undeniable pedagogical value. Each piece, sold individually, has been the subject of careful editorial work, both in terms of the musical text and its engraving, in order to guarantee musicians the conditions essential to the pleasures derived from frequent trade in these works.
The scores are offered in traditional book form (paper sheets), and also available by download.
Golliwogg's Cake-Walk is the last and sixth piece in a collection of piano suites entitled Children's Corner. Debussy began composing this enchanting little collection in 1906, dedicating it to his daughter Claude-Emma, better known as Chouchou, in 1908. That same year, the collection was published by Editions Durand, with an original, attractive cover designed by the composer himself. The first official performance was given by Harold Bauer at the Cercle Musical in Paris on December 18, 1908. A few years later, Children's Corner was transcribed for orchestra by composer André Caplet. Debussy himself conducted the audition on March 25, 1911.
Although these six little suites are dedicated to his daughter with the words: "A ma très chère petite Chouchou, avec les tendres excuses de son père pour ce qui va suivre", they are not intended for children's hands. For some of them involve technical difficulties beyond the reach of very young performers.
The six pieces all have English titles, perhaps as a gentle mockery of the prevailing Anglomania of the time:
1) Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
2)Jimbo's Lullaby
3)Serenade for the doll
4)The snow is dancing
5)The litthe shepherd
6)Golliwogg's cake-walk
Golliwogg's Cake-walk (allegro giusto, E-flat 2/4) is the most famous piece in the collection, nicknamed "Ataxique et dégingandée" by pianist Alfred Cortot. It represents the final apotheosis of the collection. It's worth noting that the term Cake-Wake refers to a black American dance, and the word Golliwogg represents a nigger doll made of cloth.
Debussy borrows jazz music for the first time to express the articulate, jerky gestural dance of this nigger doll. In the middle of Cake-Walk, he half-ironically quotes the opening bars of Wagner's Tristan with a piquant annotation: "avec une grande émotion" ("with great emotion"), then takes up a second quotation in the final chord.
Through this piece full of musical effects and rhythmic counter-beats, the pianist-interpreter develops a nuanced touch, sensitivity and imagination in execution to bring to life a highly original, bouncy work.