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Claude Debussy: Harmonic Innovations in Historical and Musical Context
<p>Claude Debussy's music developed as a product of his environment and culminated in the creation of a unique harmonic vernacular that permeates the twentieth century's tonal language. Through a historical and musical context, his early life through his formative years as a composer will be …
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Mouvoir dans l'espace: une esthétique musico-poétique chez Debussy et Mallarmé
… the relationship between the composer Claude Debussy and the poet Stéphane Mallarmé. In response to the challenge issued by Wagner, Mallarmé argued strongly for the place of poetry. Though he argued against Wagnerism specifically, Mallarmé admired the expressive capabilities of music, which is …
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Debussy and the Etude : A critical survey of Debussy's attitude to this nineteenth century single movement structure through analysis and commentary of selected etudes by Debussy and Chopin
This dissertation is a critical survey of Debussy's attitude to the nineteenth century single movement structure of the etude. The analyses of selected etudes from Debussy's set of twelve Etudes for solo piano attempts to illustrate the nature of this attitude and furthermore, an investigation is …
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THE PORTRAYAL OF WATER AND WAVE PATTERNS IN THE MUSIC OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
My thesis considers the shaping of Debussy’s aesthetic, the musical language he uses within an oeuvre that centres on the role of Nature as imaginative stimulus, and its particular relevance to his Water pieces within which I determine wave patterns. An examination of his piano and orchestral …
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The influence of the Javanese gamelan on selected piano works of Claude-Achille Debussy
… rare exceptions, all the biographers of Claude Debussy mention the influence on the composer of the Javanese gamelan which appeared at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. Strangely, however, none of these historians discourse on the extent of this influence, nor on the way in which it is …
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Reflection of Debussy: A Comparative Analysis of Solo Marimba Works by Jacob Druckman and Richard Rodney Bennett
… stylistic appropriation from the music of Claude Debussy. Bennett composes a theme and variations using the flute melody Syrinx (1913) to explore the boundaries between tonality and serial techniques. Druckman's six movements each represent a different physical state of water and constitute an …
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Doctoral thesis recital (guitar (chamber))
… aux cheveux de lin ; Arabesque no. 1 / Claude Debussy (with Camille Schiess, violin) -- Histoire du tango / Astor Piazzolla (with Chelsea Tanner, flute) -- Suite Bergamasque / Claude Debussy (with Matthew Gillen, guitar)
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Claude Debussy's Nocturnes and His Musical Style In the1890s
<p>Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was one of the most important composers in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. His innovative harmonic language changed principles of tonal music which had existed for more than two hundred years. Debussy established a new musical style, and his …
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The Lutheran hymn "Ein' Feste Burg" in Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata (1915): motivic variation and structure
… few cellists are aware of its presence in the Debussy Cello Sonata, the notes and rhythm of the Lutheran hymn “Ein’ feste Burg” are quoted Debussy’s initial sketch of the sonata, implying a raison d’être that until now has remained unnoticed. The discovery of Debussy’s application of motives …
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Pelléas et Mélisande as symbolist opera
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) has more often than not been labelled an Impressionist, implying that his music parallels the art of the Impressionist painters; this is because in his work musical colour takes precedence over form and design (Jarocinski, 1976: 11). However, it has been documented that …
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Considerations for pedalling Debussy's piano music
The importance of the pedals in Debussy's piano music has been emphasised in a wide range of literature concerning Debussy and French piano music in general. However, and despite the obvious absence of pedalling indications in Debussy's piano scores, no dedicated study has been made in identifying …
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