Debussy, Claude - "Jardins Sous la Pluie" (from "Estampes") for Harp L.100 No. 3 Harp |
Composer : | Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Harp | ||||
Style : | Romantic | ||||
Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
Date : | 1903 | ||||
Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
Added by magataganm, 27 Jan 2013 Claude-Achille Debussy (1862 – 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions In France, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903. A crucial figure in the transition to the modern era in Western music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. Beginning in the 1890s, Debussy developed his own musical language largely independent of Wagner's style, colored in part from the dreamy, sometimes morbid romanticism of the Symbolist Movement. Debussy became a frequent participant at Stéphane Mallarmé's Symbolist gatherings, where Wagnerism dominated the discussion. In contrast to the enormous works of Wagner and other late-romantic composers, however, around this time Debussy chose to write in smaller, more accessible forms. The Deux Arabesques is an example of one of Debussy's earliest works, already developing his musical language. Suite bergamasque (1890) recalls rococo decorousness with a modern cynicism and puzzlement. This suite contains (this) one of Debussy's most popular pieces, "Clair de Lune". His music is noted for its sensory component and for not often forming around one key or pitch. Often Debussy's work reflected the activities or turbulence in his own life. In French literary circles, the style of this period was known as symbolism, a movement that directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant. Estampes (Engravings or Prints), L.100, is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy and was finished in 1903. The third Movement "Jardins sous la pluie" (Gardens under the Rain) takes only approx. 3½ minutes at the prescribed tempos. Jardins sous la pluie describes a garden in Debussy's native France (in the Normandy town of Orbec) during an extremely violent rainstorm. Throughout the piece, there are sections that evoke the sounds of the wind blowing, a thunderstorm raging, and raindrops dropping. It makes use of the French folk melodies Nous n'irons plus aux bois (We'll Not Return to the Woods) and Dodo, l'enfant do (Sleep, Child, Sleep). Chromatic, whole tone, major and minor scales are used in this movement. Although originally created for solo piano, I created this transcription for Concert (Pedal) Harp. Sheet central : | Images, 1re série (2 sheet music) | |
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