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Debussy, Claude Achille : Préludes 1　"La fille aux cheveux de lin"

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Music ID : 22371
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：prelude
Total Playing Time：2 min 10 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.

It is believed to derive from a song of the same name (unpublished) based on a poem by Leconte de Lisle, composed around 1882. It consists of three sections, marked by the main motif of the opening four measures in G-flat major. In the first section, the opening motif temporarily cadences in E-flat major in the subsequent measures (mm. 5-7). In the second section, an extended opening motif (mm. 8-13) is followed by a secondary motif (mm. 14-16) whose melody is supported by a dotted rhythm imitation, leading to a development through four episodes. The first episode (mm. 17-18) descends, the second episode (mm. 19-21) ascends and builds up, and the third episode (mm. 22-23) relaxes from its peak. The subsequent fourth episode (mm. 24-27) quietly sways with parallel chords, remaining on the dominant chord (see musical example). It does not resolve to the tonic chord but connects to the subdominant, initiating the third section. The latter half of the opening motif is expanded (mm. 28-32), and it quietly and slowly fades away with the whisper of the secondary motif (mm. 33-39).

Musical Example: Connecting Section from Section 2 to Section 3, mm. 27-30

 

Writer: Shiraishi, Yuriko

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