Claude Debussy - Twelve EtudesThe études were Debussyâs last important works for piano, written in the midst of World War I, when the composer was already seriously ill with cancer. He was very proud of this work, and was bold enough to dedicate it to that other composer of extremely inspired piano etudes: Chopin. Indeed, as in the case of the Chopin studies, Debussyâs études are a sort of distillation of the composerâs musical and technical legacy. They are divided into two books: the first is devoted to exploring the problems and possibilities inherent in different intervals (thirds, sixths, etc.), while Book II engages more in various elements of musical syntax and style, such as ornaments, repeated notes, arpeggios etc. The first book begins with a humorous nod to Czerny, making fun of the latterâs often rather dry and pedantic finger exercises. The second book includes some of the most technically challenging of Debussyâs piano pieces. |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 1 - Pour les cinq doigts d'après Monsieur Czerny |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 2 - Pour les tierces |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 3 - Pour les quartes |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 4 - Pour les sixtes |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 5 - Pour les octaves |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 6 - Pour les huit doigts |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 7 - Pour les degrés chromatiques |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 8 - Pour les agréments |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 9 - Pour les notes répétées |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 10 - Pour les sonorités opposées |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 11 - Pour les arpèges composés |
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Claude Debussy - Twelve Etudes :Etude 12 - Pour les accords |
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