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Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
1st Movement from this edition of the complete suite
Played here by Raymond Burley and Gregg Nestor
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Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy – Arranged for two Guitars
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Jimbo’s Lullaby
Serenade for the Doll
The Snow Is Dancing
The Little Shepherd
Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), one of the greatest French composers, studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1872, beginning to compose in earnest in his twenties. In the early 1880s he visited Moscow and Vienna and in 1884 won the Prix de Rome for his cantata L’enfant prodigue. The first version of his opera,
Pelléas et Mélisande
was written in 1895. In 1908 Debussy made his conducting debut in Paris with the symphonic sketches,
La Mer.
His prolific compositions include incidental music for the theater, a quantity of orchestral and chamber works, large scale vocal pieces with orchestra, dozens of songs, and some of the finest twentieth century pianoforte masterpieces.
On the score of CHILDREN’S CORNER, here arranged for duo guitars by Gregg Nestor, Debussy wrote a dedication for his daughter, Claude-Emma, five years old at the time of composition: To my dear little Chou chou, with her father’s affectionate apologies for what follows. Most of the Suite was written in 1908, with the exception of Serenade of the Doll which was published two years before. The titles of CHILDREN’S CORNER, perhaps in deference to his daughter’s English governess, are in Debussy’s somewhat idiosyncratic English.
ISBN:
9781625591555
Publication’s Style:
Full Score with Parts and Audio Download
Pages:
40
Publisher:
Clear Note