Debussy: Children's Corner
Little Suite for Piano
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- Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Editor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann
- Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
- Introduction: François Lesure (1923-2001)
- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 30
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
This "Little Suite" was published in 1908 and was dedicated to the composer's then three-year old daughter: "To my beloved little Chouchou with the tender excuses of her father for what follows below". The first movement, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, alludes to a study by Muzio Clementi. The titles of pieces two through six can be traced back to Debussy's love of everything English. Although the music addresses childish fantasy, at the least a talented amateur is required to perform it. The well-known sixth piece, Golliwogg's Cakewalk, is in ragtime style and shows Debussy's easy-going approach to popular trends in music. Children's Corner was immediately extremely successful and has been arranged for various groups of instruments.
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