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chris215

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Debussy

on: July 10, 2010, 12:55:58 PM

I find myself increasingly drawn to the music of Debussy. Can correspondents to Pianostreet recommend books that analyse/explain his piano music. The books would need to be in English!
Many thanks.

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ramseytheii

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Reply #1 on: July 10, 2010, 01:15:05 PM

An excellent and thorough book is "Images: The Piano Music of Debussy" by English pianist Paul Roberts.

Walter Ramsey

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Re: Debussy

Reply #2 on: July 17, 2010, 10:50:53 AM

Walter, very many thanks, I'll follow it up.
Chris.

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Reply #3 on: July 23, 2010, 06:16:43 AM

There is a book by Leon Vallas titled " The Theories Of Claude Debussy Musicien Francais" which is an explanation of Debussy's writtings; covering subjects over performance, Wagner, foreign music, etc.. There is also a collection of Debussy's letters edited by Francois Lesure amd Roger Nichols. I found both of these on amazon.

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