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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Syrinx (La Flute de Pan)

(for solo flute)

Duration: 3 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1913 (age 50-51)

6 recordings, 6 videos

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3:04

Onorio Zaralli

3:03

Salvador Torre

2:51

Ralph Torres, alto sax

2:53

Paula Robison

2:36

James Galway

3:15

Ivan Merlini, cello

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
Syrinx—In Greek mythology, Syrinx was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to the river's edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of pan pipes, which were thence forth known as syrinx. wikipedia
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.