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Piano Board => Repertoire => Topic started by: ihck on June 28, 2012, 04:00:13 AM

Title: Debussy- Préludes
Post by: ihck on June 28, 2012, 04:00:13 AM

Just curious...
What prélude from book II would contrast well with number 12 (Minstrels) from book I?

Title: Re: Debussy- Préludes
Post by: nanabush on June 28, 2012, 04:15:24 AM

Canope
Feuilles Mortes
Bruyeres

...Bruyeres not as much, but a more brooding or atmospheric piece.  Minstrels has some very distinct motifs in it, so if you maybe looked around for a piece that lets the listener kind of sit back and experience it a bit more... maybe Brouillards?...


or... what if you took the three 'eccentric' pieces.  Minstrels, Hommage a S Pickwick and General Lavine.  I think that would be hilarious!  It might just be me... 8)

Title: Re: Debussy- Préludes
Post by: ihck on June 29, 2012, 12:08:32 AM

Quote from: nanabush on June 28, 2012, 04:15:24 AM

or... what if you took the three 'eccentric' pieces.  Minstrels, Hommage a S Pickwick and General Lavine.  I think that would be hilarious!  It might just be me... 8)

haha. Agreed. I was asked to choose one from volume I and one from volume II, and so I initially chose Minstrels and Général Lavine—eccentric. I soon realized that these préludes are very similar in style, and so perhaps it would not be the wisest choice. I'm now considering Brouillards...