Debussy: 12 Études
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- Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Editor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann
- Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
- Introduction: François Lesure (1923-2001)
- Instrumentation: Piano
- Work: Études, CD 143, L 136
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- Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 90
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Debussy composed this cycle, and other masterful late works, in the summer of 1915. He had withdrawn to a country house near Dieppe with his family and composed with fevered concentration. The self-critical composer was very proud of his Études: "I confess that I am pleased to have created a work which – false vanity aside – will occupy a special niche. in point of technique these Études will usefully prepare pianists for a better understanding of the fact that the portals of music can only be opened with formidable hands." Debussy's Études are today a milestone along the path of those desirous of becoming concert pianists.