Piano - Grade 3
SKU:
FA.MFCD010
Composed
by Claude Debussy and
Robert Orledge.
Rediscoverd Debussy.
Classical,
Impressionistic. Score.
Musik Fabrik #MFCD010.
Published by Musik Fabrik
(FA.MFCD010).
8.27 x
11.69 inches.
Les
accords de septieme
regrettent!!! was the
first of the birthday
gift Debussy wrote for
his second wife-to-be
Emma Barda on 4 June
1905. It consists of only
nine bards, inscribed as
follows: 'But see how
successfully the chords
of the 9th, equipped with
all their harmonies, send
the regrettable 7th [in
bars 1-4] about their
business and borrow from
the colour of the sky
some godlike gleams in
order to celebrate your
birthday, dear petite
mienne' ['Mais voici
qu'heureusement des
accords de 9me armes de
tous leurs harmoniques te
nous envole promener les
regrettable 7emes et
emprunte a la couleur de
ciel des lueurs
d'apotheose pour celebrer
ta chere fete de chere
petite mienne'] Which
shous how much their
initially idyllic
relationship was founded
on Emma's sympathetic
understanding of
Debussy's musical
language, something that
had proved impossible for
his first wife Lilly.