Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque
Originally composed in 1890, the Suite Bergamasque was not published until 1905. It is unclear how much of it was revised during the fifteen-year interval.
The work could be regarded as Debussyâs tribute to French Baroque harpsichordists like Rameau and Couperin. Another source of inspiration was Paul Verlaineâs poem âClair de luneâ, which also references a so called âbergamaskâ, a rustic Italian dance.
Clair de lune is also the title of third movement, which has become one of the most well-known pieces of the entire piano literature.
Debussy changed the titles of this and the concluding piece only shortly before publication â they were originally named Promenade sentimentale and Pavane. |
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