Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Nationality: French

Born: August 22, 1862, St. Germain-en-Laye Died: March 25, 1918, Paris (age 55)

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Nocturne et scherzo

(for cello and piano)

Duration: 6 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1882 (age 19-20)

Premiere: May 12, 1882. Paris, Salon Flaxland. Maurice Thieberg (violin), Claude Debussy (piano)

Published: 1995

4 recordings, 4 videos

6:05

Maria Kliegel, Oliver Triendl

4:39

Henrik Dam Thomsen, Ulrich Stærk

5:24

Gary Hoffman, David Selig

6:17

Lincoln Center Chamber Society

Student

Nationality: Hungarian

Born: March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died: September 26, 1945, New York City, NY (age 64)

Student

Nationality: Czech | German

Born: June 8, 1894, Prague Died: August 18, 1942, Wülzburg (age 48)

colleague

Nationality: Spanish

Born: December 9, 1882, Seville Died: January 14, 1949, Madrid (age 66)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
et [Fr]—and
nocturne [F], notturno [I], nocturno, Nachtstück [G]—Night music. A romantic character piece depicting moods of the evening or night: quiet, reflective, perhaps romance and melancholy or even restlessness and fantasy. The most famous nocturnes come originally from the piano literature, e.g. John Field and Chopin, et. al.
scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio