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Offline nanabush

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L'isle Joyeuse
on: July 09, 2005, 04:38:00 AM
After hearing some recordings of it, I found that I cannot stop listening to this piece.  In terms of difficulty, how does it compare to some of Debussy's preludes, or other pieces well known? 
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-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2

Offline Waldszenen

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #1 on: July 09, 2005, 10:36:47 AM
It's harder than most of his Preludes - this is one killer of a piece.
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Offline pianohopper

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #2 on: July 09, 2005, 05:11:53 PM
The first impulse is to fudge it with an excess of pedaling to make it simpler, but it should not be done. 
"Today's dog in the alley is tomorrow's moo goo gai pan."  ~ Chinese proverb

Offline pita bread

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 02:20:58 AM
There's a good deal of polyrhythms in this piece, especially 5 on 3s.

Watch the pedaling too, or you might end up with mud (as with almost all "impressionism")

Offline larse

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 02:52:23 PM
hehe. My teacher loves this piece. Acoording to him, it's just as easy as Op. 111...

though...that's not easy

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #5 on: July 14, 2005, 12:00:29 AM
when debussy composed that piece,  he thought it was almost impossible to play,  and that if had virtually all kinds of pianistic difficulties in it.
i havent tried it , so i dont know how hard it is, but from what i have heard, it is one of his hardest.

Offline nanabush

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Re: L'isle Joyeuse
Reply #6 on: July 14, 2005, 03:35:28 PM
Is it more difficult than Ravel's Jeux d'eau, because I gave that a try unsucessfully after a while, and I'm also angry because we reformatted my comp and lost acrobat reader, so I can't find download the sheet music to see it!
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-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2
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