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Category: Claude Debussy

October 29, 2023 by Benjamin Pesetsky

Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor

Claude Debussy released his String Quartet in 1894 with the designation Op. 10 and the words “1er Quatuor” (first quartet) on the cover. Both labels are misleading, since he hadn’t actually published nine previous compositions and never wrote a second quartet.

August 14, 2020 by Benjamin Pesetsky

Claude Debussy: Images, Book 2

Debussy was not so interested in making musical versions of paintings as he was in getting at the same kinds of ideas that art did, but by other means.

July 13, 2019 by Benjamin Pesetsky

Claude Debussy: Syrinx for Solo Flute

Debussy’s Syrinx is the piece that launched a thousand solo flute pieces. Its two-and-a-half minutes are evocative and filled with color.

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