Debussy, Claude - "Jimbo's Lullaby" for String Quartet L. 113 No. 2 String Quartet |
Composer : | Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918) | ||||
Instrumentation : | String Quartet5 other versions | ||||
Style : | Romantic | ||||
Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
Added by magataganm, 21 Dec 2014 Children's Corner (L. 113) is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was published by Durand in 1908, and was given its world première in Paris by Harold Bauer on December 18 of that year. In 1911, an orchestration of the work by Debussy's friend André Caplet received its première and was subsequently published. It is dedicated to Debussy's daughter, Claude-Emma (known as "Chou-Chou"), who was three years old at the time. The pieces are not intended to be played by children; rather they are meant to be evocative of childhood and some of the toys in Claude-Emma's toy collection. This work describes an elephant, Jumbo, who came from the French Sudan and lived briefly in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris around the time of Debussy's birth. The misspelling "Jimbo" betrays the Parisian accent which often confuses the pronunciation of "um" and "un" with "im" and "in". It is a beautiful lullaby with some dark moments and whole-tone passages in the middle. Debussy quotes the French lullaby "Do, do, l'enfant do," several times in the course of the piece and uses the interval of the major second, sometimes as a taunting song so prevalent in European music. Although originally written for Piano, I created this arrangement for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Sheet central : | Coin des enfants : petite suite pour piano seul (33 sheet music) | |
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