Children's corner = Coin des enfants : petite suite pour piano seul
Suite
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At a glance
- Form
- Suite
Movements
A wry take on the finger exercises every piano student dreads, its title borrowed from a real nineteenth century study book.
A slow, lumbering lullaby for Debussy's daughter's toy elephant.
A delicate, guitar-like serenade, light and mechanical, as if played by a wind-up toy.
Continuous soft, falling figuration paints drifting snowflakes.
A wandering, pastoral duet between a piping melody and a simple accompaniment.
A jaunty syncopated dance that briefly quotes, and gently mocks, the opening of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
About the piece
The composer
Achille Claude Debussy was a French composer, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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