SKU: HL.48185634

UPC: 888680907723. 9.0x12.0x0.069 inches.

French pianist, arranger, composer and conductor, Jean Michel Defaye (b. 1932) entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of ten years old. His successful compositions and arrangements were mainly for brass, In the Style of Debussy, composed in 2002 for Trombone and Piano, being no exception. With a typical performance lasting about five minutes, Defaye's In the Style of Debussy reflects the compositional techniques of Claude Debussy by use of chromaticism, evocative melodic passages, spread chords in the accompaniment and a calm nature. Defaye's passion to explore a variety of preceding composers is clear with In the Style of Debussy being a part of a series which explores the music of many great composers. For all aspiring trombonists wishing to vary and expand their repertoire, In the Style of Debussy by Jean Michel Defaye is essential..

SKU: CY.CC2958

ISBN 9790530057773.

En Bateau (Sailing) is the first movement from Debussy's four movement Petite Suite written around 1886 for four-hand piano duet. Debussy was inspired to write this movement from the poem Fetes galantes by Paul Verlaine. The Suite has been transcribed for every imaginable instrumentation and is one of the composer's most playable works from a technical standpoint.
This lovely 3-minute arrangement in tenor clef by Ralph Sauer is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.

SKU: CY.CC2735

Debussy's General Lavine - eccentric, is taken from his Book II of Piano Preludes written in 1912. It is in the style of a Cakewalk, a dance developed in the late 19th century at get-togethers on slave plantations in the southern United States.

The music is based on Edward Lavine, a famous vaudeville performer whose act was presented at the Marigny Theatre around the same time. It is the only work by Debussy composed as a musical portrait.

The music of about 3 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.

SKU: CY.CC2321

Jimbo's Lullaby is the second in a series of six pieces from Debussy's Children's Corner Suite. They are simple in style & light in character. The work is a depiction of a lullaby sung to a stuffed Elephant. This little gem of 3 1/2 minutes has been beautifully edited for advanced performers by Ralph Sauer for four Trombones. The bottom part, which features a great Elephant style solo, can be performed on Tuba, Contrabass or Bass Trombone.

SKU: CY.CC2816

Debussy's famous, ethereal & magical Piano work has been beautifully transcribed by Ralph Sauer for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano. It is one of the greatest of all French Impressionist solos.

For advanced performers and about four minutes in length.

SKU: CY.CC3121

ISBN 9790530110997. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

Debussy's beautiful work Reverie, originally for Piano was written in the late 19th Century and is ripe with his Impressionist style. One can hear the water lapping against the shore as the glorious melody soars above. Mr. Sauer brings this all to life with his arrangement for moderately advanced performers. About four minutes in length.