Claude Debussy had difficulties finishing his last major work the Sonata for Violin and Piano. This can be seen in the many drafts which have been handed down and the fact that the cycle for which it was conceived was left unfinished. The work originated under the impact of Debussy’s progressing illness as well as the First World War.The first edition published during the final year of Debussy’s life contains many rhythmic errors. The non-autograph metronome marks as well as the discrepancies between the separate violin part and the violin part in small print in the piano score are two problems that have affected the work’s later reception.Both are examined here in a fresh light.In addition to the Sonata this edition contains arrangements of La fille aux cheveux de lin and Il pleure dans mon coeur by the American violinist Arthur Hartmann. It was Hartmann who inspired Debussy to make an arrangement of his well-known piano piece Minstrels also included in our edition.- Debussy’s complete works for violin and piano- With arrangements by Debussy’s acquaintance Hartmann- Informative Foreword (Eng/Fr/Ger)- Critical Commentary (Eng)

extrait du - excerpt from Série III Vol. 1 - Set-Claude Debussy's Trio for Violin Cello and Piano. Score and parts.

Claude Debussy's 'Quartet in G Minor Op 10' and Maurice Ravel's 'Quartet in F Major'. Authoritative editions.

transcription pour violon et piano-Claude Debussy's La Fille Aux Cheveux Lin arranged by Léon Roques for Violin and Piano.

transcription pour violon et piano-Claude Debussy's Plus Que Lente transcribed for Violin and Piano by Leon Roques.

pour violon et piano-Claude Debussy's Sonate No.3 for Violin and Piano accompaniment.

Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE / LOUVIER ALAIN (Arr.). Pour l'adorateur de Debussy que je suis depuis la plus rendre enfance, toucher à ces merveilles que sont les Préludes de Claude Debussy fut un cas de conscience. Le séduisant quatuor avec flûte, avec son trio à cordes, permet à un orchestrateur de métier d'infin ies nuances et dégradés : quatre instruments virtuoses, souvent polyphoniques, aux nombreuses irisations de timbre... Cependant, nous n'avons aucun modèle chez Debussy lui-même d'un tel travail, sinon son Quatuor à cordes (très antérieur) et sa Sonate pour flûte, alto et... harpe ! Sans ajouter une harpe (qui possède l'étendue du piano), impossible d'imaginer La Cathédrale Engloutie ou La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune ... les résonances graves du piano, si poétiques, quasi magiques, ne pourraient être traduites par quatre instruments non résonants. J'ai donc dû choisir peu de Préludes, ne voulant pas trahir Debussy. Après une écoute intérieure très exigeante, et en me permettant, à la rigueur, quelques brèves octaviations de l'extrême-grave du piano, je me suis limité à six, trois dans chaque livre: 1er livre : - Des Pas sur la neige (n° 6) - La Sérénade interrompue (n° 9) - Minstrels (n° 12) 2e livre: - Bruyères (n°5) - Hommage à Sir Pickwick PPMPC (n° 9) - Canope (n° 10) Très vite, j'ai compris que partir du son-piano était une erreur; il valait mieux imaginer le Debussy des années 1910 orchestrant ces pièces pour une grande formation (du type Ibéria ou Jeux), puis réduire pour un petit orchestre de quatre instruments. D'où l'emploi de batteries (même à la flûte), de trémolos, de doublures étranges pour simuler les timbres absents, créer des illusions de polyphonie, si prisées des orchestrateurs français. J'espère n'en avoir pas abusé; j'ai essayé de mettre dans ces transcriptions toute l'imagination - tous les sons improbables - que Debussy aurait lui-même recherchés. Alain WlMER/ Répertoire / Flûte et Trio à Cordes

Arr. Girard Anthony. Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE. Instrumentation de trois Préludes de Claude Debussy, pour flûte, harpe et trio à cordes./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière Violon, Alto, Violoncelle et Har

Maurice Ravel : Quartet in G Minor Op. 10 Claude Debussy : Quartet in F Major Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations of the medium, delicate and subtle beauties. Based on authoritative French editions, this clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.

Debussy composed this work in summer 1880 in Fiesole Italy when he was 18 years old. At the time he was the musical travelling companion of Nadescha von Meck Tschaikowsky’s famous patroness. Most of the autographmaterial was thought to have been lost and was only discovered over 100 years later in 1982 in the estate of Debussy’s pupil Maurice Dumesnil. When Henle published the first edition in 1986 the music world welcomed theTrio with open arms. Ensembles rushed to play it and numerous recordings followed. Although formal conventions prevail the work displays a melodic freshness as well as inflections and phrases that are typical ofDebussy.

Works for two Pianos-Whose ears are not instantly filled with the dreamy flute solo when Debussy?s 'Prélude l?après-midi d?un faune' is mentioned? Very few people know that before he wrote the orchestral score Debussy made a version for two pianos.Both versions should be seen as being independent and they differ in some details. The differences are revealed in our edition as are Debussy?s entries concerning the work in his copy of the score. The volume also contains theSpanish impression 'Lindaraja' and the three pieces 'En blanc et noir' in which Debussy addresses the horrors of World War I. Andreas Groethuysen one half of the famous piano duo Tal & Groethuysen provided the fingerings.

Debussy wrote his solitary Violin Sonata in the closing days of his life plagued by the distress of the ongoing Great War financial difficulties and health issues of a terminal cancer. Shortly afterits completion in April the first performance took place on May 5th 1917 with Debussy himself at the Piano. This was the composer?s last public appearance before his death in 1918.The Sonata For Violinand Piano was the third and final composition in a cycle intended to consist of six sonatas for various instruments. It has an overall atmosphere of melancholy while also capturing contradictory characteristics such asjoy and silliness presented in a form closer to a fantasia than a sonata. The three expressive movements (Allegro vivo Intermede and Finale) are written in a French nationalistic spirit withdistinctive influences from Spanish and gypsy music throughout. This ambiguousness and ambivalence in form sound and character all attribute to Debussy?s innovative language of ?musical impressionism? which has become afavourite of musicians and audiences alike.The comments at the end of this Urtext edition provide detailed information on the sources and alternative readings while the preface by François Lesure in German English andFrench gives historical and biographical context. Two copies of the Violin solo are included as separate inserts.

Debussy's only string quartet composed in 1893 was his first masterwork. Together with two further works from this creative period Prélude l?après-midi d?un faune and Pelléas et Mélisande the quartet established the composer's position as the rising star of the French music scene.Discrepancies existed from the initial publication in 1894 between the score corrected and seen into print by the composer and the parts not corrected by him. At a later point Debussy made a large number of corrections and alterations in a copy of the first edition; these alterations have been incorporated in this Bärenreiter Urtext edition.Thisscholarly-critical edition utilises all sources including the composer's letters which offer a valuable insight into the genesis of the composition.