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Debussy, Claude Achille : Préludes 1　"Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest"

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Music ID : 22370
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：prelude
Total Playing Time：3 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Shiraishi, Yuriko

Last Updated: January 27, 2020
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

This piece, said to be derived from a character in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale 'The Garden of Paradise' (published in French translation in 1907) or from Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind,' possesses the most tempestuous character within this collection. As its structure is difficult to grasp due to the dizzying shifts in passages, it should be performed with careful attention to the musical indications. The opening, despite being marked pp (pianissimo), begins with arpeggios given lively and tumultuous musical indications. These arpeggios, while occasionally transforming into distant moans, gradually gain momentum, reaching the first peak of the storm from measure 23. The anxiety-inducing tremolos and arpeggios continue, with the second peak occurring in measures 35-42 and the third in measures 47-53. After the raging arpeggiated winds in measures 57-58, a brief lull is followed by a final resurgence of strong winds.

Writer: Shiraishi, Yuriko

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