Piano - intermediate
SKU: HL.50565843
For Piano Four
Hands. By Edmond
Lemaitre. By Claude
Debussy. Editions Durand.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2016. Editions
Durand #DD01632000.
Published by Editions
Durand (HL.50565843).
PNODT inches.
English-French.
Thi
s critical edition of the
Petite Suite is an
excerpt from the COMPLETE
WORKS OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY,
Series I, volume 9. The
titles of the movements
of the Petite Suite,
'Cortege' and 'Ballet',
evoke the universe of
both the Premiere Suite
d'orchestreand Fetes
galantes by Paul Verlaine
('Cortege' and 'En
bateau'), several poems
from which Debussy began
to set as early as
1882.The contract that
Debussy signed with the
editors Durand,
Schoenewerk & Cie for the
Petite Suite is dated 8
December 1888. The work
appeared at the beginning
of the following year;
the 'depot legal', (legal
deposit) of the work, was
accomplished on12
February 1889. It is
difficult to believe that
the Petite Suite, which
became one of Durand's
bestselling items during
the composer's lifetime,
was at first not
appreciated by those who
heard
it.
Claude
Debussy's
Petite Suite for
Piano 4-hands.
Cette edition
critique de la Petite
Suite constitue un tire a
part des OEUVRES
COMPLETES DE CLAUDE
DEBUSSY, Serie I, volume
9. Les titres des
mouvements de la Petite
Suite, notamment <<
Cortege >> et << Ballet
>>, evoquent aussi bien
la Premiere
Suited'orchestre que
l'univers poetique des
Fetes galantes de Paul
Verlaine (<< Cortege >>,
<< En bateau >>) dont
Debussy avait mis en
musique plusieurs poemes
des 1882. L'oeuvre fut
cedee a l'editeur Durand,
Schoenewerk & Cie le 8
decembre 1888. Elle
parutau debut de l'annee
suivante, le depot legal
ayant ete effectue le 12
fevrier 1889. On a
beaucoup de mal a
imaginer que la
PetiteSuite qui fut une
des meilleures ventes de
l'editeur Durand du
vivant du compositeur fut
d'abord boudee par les
auditeursqui la
decouvrirent.
PIANO
