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13-564: The Two Arabesques ( Deux arabesques ), L. 66 , is a pair of arabesques composed for piano by Claude Debussy when he was still in his twenties, between the years 1888 and 1891. Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form. Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys , and achieves evocative scenes throughout both pieces. His view of

26-509: A gesture (E-D-E-C ♯ ), briefly passing through E major, returning to A major and ending with a bold pronouncement of the E-D-E-C ♯ gesture, but transposed to the key of C major and played forte . In the middle of the recapitulation of the A section, the music moves to a higher register and descends, followed by a large pentatonic scale ascending and descending, and resolving back to E major. The second arabesque in G major

39-492: A musical arabesque was a line curved in accordance with nature, and with his music he mirrored the celebrations of shapes in nature made by the Art Nouveau artists of the time. Of the arabesque in baroque music, he wrote: “That was the age of the ‘wonderful arabesque' when music was subject to the laws of beauty inscribed in the movements of Nature herself.” The two arabesques are given these tempo marks: This arabesque

52-406: Is a complete list of compositions by Claude Debussy initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure , which is generally in chronological order of composition date. "L¹" numbers are also given from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue. (The "L¹" and "L²" headers are clickable and doing so will sort

65-424: Is in the key of E major . The piece begins with parallelism of triads in first inversion, a composition technique very much used by Debussy and other Impressionists which traces back to the tradition of fauxbourdon . It leads into a larger section which begins with a left hand arpeggio in E major and a descending right hand E major pentatonic progression. The second quieter B section is in A major , starting with

78-534: Is noticeably quicker and more lively in tempo. It opens with left hand chords and right hand trills. The piece makes several transpositions and explores a lower register of the piano. Again notable is a hint of the pentatonic scale. It closes in a similar fashion to the first arabesque. The first piece was used as the theme to Star Gazers . It is also featured in the 2001 Japanese film All About Lily Chou-Chou along with other works from Debussy. List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure Numbers This

91-675: The Paris Conservatoire with Émile Pessard and André Gedalge , and was the star pupil and close friend of Gabriel Fauré . He succeeded Fauré as professor of composition, and in 1935 he succeeded Paul Dukas as professor of orchestration. His personal style was firmly rooted in the French school of orchestration, in an unbroken tradition from Hector Berlioz through Camille Saint-Saëns . Among his notable pupils were Jehan Alain , Claude Arrieu , Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk , Jean-Louis Martinet , and Francis George Scott . Roger-Ducasse wrote music in nearly all classical forms, and

104-665: The Overture in a piano four-hands reduction L 20, and fragments of a vocal duet with accompaniment in piano reduction L 48 lost, only two pieces survive with accompaniment in piano reductions: Il dort encore (aria from Scene 1) L 34, and Ode Bachique (vocal duet) L 41 2 scenes lost; complete except for sketches for the orchestration; "reconstituted" from the mss in 1987 by Richard Langham Smith , orchestrated 1993 by Edison Denisov unfinished, one piece only: Berceuse: Il était une fois une fée qui avait un beau sceptre (solo), scored for solo voice without accompaniment three of

117-634: The United States, although it is rarely played in France. Written in 1909 and published by Éditions Durand , it is a challenging virtuoso showpiece. The work has been eclipsed by more recent compositional styles. A Romance for organ and string orchestra was performed by Marie Schumacher in New York City in 1947; it's possible this is an arrangement of the piano Romance or the cello Romance. Like Paul Dukas and Maurice Duruflé , Roger-Ducasse

130-588: The entire list by L¹ or L² number. Clicking that header again will reverse the order; to return to the genre category order, reload the webpage.) 3rd mvt lost lost II. composed 1905–08; III. composed 1905–09? lost 2. composed 1891 III. original 1890 title Promenade sentimentale ; IV. original 1890 title Pavane ; II. 1st version of Sarabande from Pour le piano L 95 discovered 1977, published as Étude retrouvée Orchestrated by Tony Finno premiered 1989, published 2002 III. lost; IV. lost except for 2 fragments lost, only two pieces survive:

143-509: The pieces are arrangements of L 97 unfinished 2 sections ( Fanfare d'ouverture , Le Sommeil de Lear ) completed and orchestrated by Jean Roger-Ducasse 1926 unfinished; completed, revised, and orchestrated by Juan Allende-Blin 1979; also completed (new version) by Robert Orledge 2013 orchestrated by André Caplet in collaboration with Debussy original version scored for piano libretto: Louis Laloy and Charles Morice; unfinished, possibly never written; lost fragments; from

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156-696: The unfinished opera Hélène incomplete, 31 bars only lost; Zuléima was the 1st mvt of Ode symphonique , a projected 3-mvt cantata, but the other 2 mvts were never written arrangement of L 68c manuscript lost, this orchestral version possibly never written or only sketched, but since reconstructed from other versions revised 1902 revised 1908 unfinished draft, completed and arranged by Marius-François Gaillard in 1928 (piano acc. version) & 1958 (orchestrated version) texts: François Villon text: Édouard Guinand lost text: Paul Verlaine text: Théodore de Banville text: Paul Verlaine Jean Roger-Ducasse Jean Roger-Ducasse studied at

169-500: Was particularly known for his operatic stage works and orchestral compositions. These include: His piano pieces and chamber music are also noteworthy. He composed a piano quartet, a Romance for cello and piano, and two string quartets; the second, his swan song, debuted 24 May 1953, at the Château de la Brède . Roger-Ducasse wrote only one work for organ, entitled Pastorale , a masterpiece that has remained popular with performers in

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