Its intriguing to speculate on why debussy thought the word. The second piece is voiles translates as veils or sails and that is exactly how debussy intended it to be. Claude debussy s painterly preludes the subtle, elusive quality of debussy s twentyfour preludes is captured perfectly by pianist paul jacobs, who plays them with a tolling, belllike sound. Claude debussy s preludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes each.
Why not a tutorial or in put it in the slow series. Except for some mild, localized chromaticism and a short pentatonic passage, the entire piece uses the whole. Unlike some notable collections of preludes from prior times, such as chopins op. Debussy preludes, book 1 by claude debussy 18621918. Societe musicale independante, claude debussy piano 19110503 in paris, salle pleyel complete jane mortier piano first pub lication. The title of the piece may be translated to english as. Good thing about debussy is you can play it slow with halting rhythms and it still. The title of the piece may be translated to english as either veils or sails. This page lists all recordings of voiles from preludes book 1 sails by claude achille debussy 18621918. Information from its description page there is shown below. Debussy did nothing less than liberate music from the domination by functional harmony which had prevailed for three centuries. Claude debussys preludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes. It is the second piece in a set of twelve preludes published in 1910. Voiles, number 2 from book i of debussy s preludes.
Provided to youtube by universal music group debussy. Voiles is a composition by claude debussy for solo piano from 1909. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Debussys preludes, book livre 1, a group of tone poems, along with book 2, in the form of preludes for piano. Inspired by the performances of the american dancer loie fuller, whose scarf dances were. Other debussian devices include the regarding of the seventh chord e. This page lists all sheet music of voiles from preludes book 1 sails by claude achille debussy 18621918. After training at the paris conservatory, debussy took several jobs to support. Suite bergamasque by vanessa benelli mosell on amazon music. This album contains the preludes, books 1 and 2 by debussy, presented by piano classics, a label of brilliant classics.
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