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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Nationality:
French
Born: August 22, 1862, St. Germain-en-Laye Died: March 25, 1918, Paris (age 55)
Petite suite
(for piano four-hands)
| 3:33 | I. | En bateau | |
| 3:05 | II. | Cortège | |
| 2:46 | III. | Menuet | |
| 3:04 | IV. | Ballet |
Duration: 13 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
c. 1886-1889 (age 23-27)
Published:
1889 (age 26-27)
3 recordings,
6 videos
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3:20
Transcontinental Piano Duo
I.
En bateau
3:10
Transcontinental Piano Duo
II.
Cortège
3:02
Transcontinental Piano Duo
III.
Menuet
3:17
Transcontinental Piano Duo
IV.
Ballet
12:25
Anastasia Gromoglasova, Liubov Gromoglasova
11:52
Werner Haas, Noël Lee (complete)
Related Composers
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Student
Nationality:
Hungarian
Born: March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died: September 26, 1945, New York City, NY (age 64)
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Student
Nationality:
Czech
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German
Born: June 8, 1894, Prague Died: August 18, 1942, Wülzburg (age 48)
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
colleague
Nationality:
Spanish
Born: December 9, 1882, Seville Died: January 14, 1949, Madrid (age 66)
glossary
- 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
- cortège [F]—a procession, parade, caravan or motorcade, esp. ceremonial and solemn as for a funeral
- minuet, menuet [F], Menuett [G], menuetto [I], minuetto [I]—A graceful, courtly French dance of the Baroque and Classical period with a triple meter and a moderate tempo.It was introduced at the court of Louis XIV. In classical forms such as the symphony or chamber music, the minuet evolved into the more vigorous scherzo.
- suite—a set of instrumental pieces (movements) played together to create a larger whole. Suites tend towards collections of dances, frequently in the same key, preceded by a prelude, introduction or overture.