Reflets dan l'eau from Images, Book 1 Claude Debussy
Debussy composed Reflets
dans l'eau ("Reflections in the Water") in 1904-5. It is the first of three movements from
Debussy's first volume of Images.
Characteristic of Debussy's impressionistic style, the piece is built on the
whole tone scale and uses harmonies that are not necessarily functional. The piece opens in a slow tempo (andantino
molto) and with a soft and graceful melody.
As the piece progresses, with a 'quasi cadenza', Debussy builds swirls
of sound to a fantastic climax, followed by a reminiscence of the opening that
leads to a slow and reflective coda. Maya Hartman
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Reflets dan l'eau from Images, Book 1 Claude Debussy
Debussy composed Reflets dans l'eau ("Reflections in the Water") in 1904-5. It is the first of three movements from Debussy's first volume of Images. Characteristic of Debussy's impressionistic style, the piece is built on the whole tone scale and uses harmonies that are not necessarily functional. The piece opens in a slow tempo (andantino molto) and with a soft and graceful melody. As the piece progresses, with a 'quasi cadenza', Debussy builds swirls of sound to a fantastic climax, followed by a reminiscence of the opening that leads to a slow and reflective coda. Maya Hartman
More music by Claude Debussy
La Puerta del Vino, from Préludes Book II
Poissons d’or, from Images, Book II
Soiree dans Grenade, from Estampes
Rapsodie (arr. Rousseau)
Beau Soir
Reflets dans l’eau, from Images, Book 1
Ondine, from Préludes Book II
Bruyères, from Préludes Book 2, No. 5
Pagodes, from Estampes
General Lavine – eccentric, from Préludes Book II
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