Harpsichord; String
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51487584
Study Score.
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Edited by Peter
Jost. Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. G. Henle #HN7584.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51487584).
UPC:
196288122449.
6.75x9.5x0.187
inches.
Debussy
wrote these two short
dances to a commission
from the
instrument-making firm of
Pleyel, which was keen to
use famous names in the
marketing of its
newly-developed chromatic
harp. The dances are also
playable without problem
on the pedal harp, which
was to replace the
chromatic harp on the
concert platform. The
archaic style of the
pieces, including modal
harmonies, used to
express a “sacred”
rite and a “profane”
dance of joy, points to
the enthusiasm for
antiquity of Debussy
himself and of the
artistic world around
1900. This is Henle's
first critical edition of
the pieces, and is based
on careful checking of
the autograph and first
edition.
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