Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score: Prélude a l'Après-MIDI d'Un Faune, Nocturnes, La Mer

By Claude Debussy

Book Overview

"It may be in fact that I have taken on a task that is too much for me: there is no precedent, so I am obliged to invent new forms." -- Claude Debussy.
Unquestionably one of the most influential of modern composers, Claude Debussy (1862-1918) overturned traditional concepts of form, harmony, and coloring in creating a body of music characterized by innovation, individuality of style, and perfection of workmanship.
Among his most popular, most performed, most recorded works are the three compositions reprinted in this volume: the revolutionary Pr lude l'apr s-midi d'une faune, which, in a sense, "awakened" modern music; the exquisite Nocturnes, shimmering models of delicate impressionism; and La Mer, complex, suggestive, a masterpiece of orchestral texture.
This Dover volume presents the complete scores of all three works -- reproduced from early French editions -- in one convenient source. Musicians and music lovers will appreciate this inexpensive edition of a trio of orchestral favorites: pieces that mark not only key points in the composer's personal progress but also in the progress of modern music as well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486244415
• ISBN13: 9780486244419
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

Dover's reprints most of the time are outstanding!

Sure, there can occasionally be problems with reprints of older editions (and I've seen some quite poor ones at that, notably with Belwin-Kalmus!); however, this one of Dover (as well as their reprint of the same composer's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande") is not one I'd slight in the least. My copy has very few problems indeed. I recommend this one unreservedly!

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1.Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 2.Nocturnes (a).Clouds (b).Festivals (c).Sirens 3.La Mer (a).From Down to Noon on the Sea (b).Wave Play (c).Dialogue of Wind and Sea