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Debussy, Claude Achille : Préludes 1　"La sérénade interrompue"

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Music ID : 22372
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：prelude
Total Playing Time：2 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.

The precise derivation of the title is not known. However, the opening motif (Musical Example 1), which contains musical ideas suggesting the tuning of a guitar, and the quotations within the piece from Albéniz's "El Albaicín" (Suite Iberia (1905-1908), Book 3, No. 1) (measures 19-24, 41-45, 85-86, 90) (Musical Example 2), as well as from Debussy's own work (the third section, "Le Matin d'un Jour de Fête," from "Ibéria," the second piece of Images pour orchestre (1905-1908)) (measures 80-84, 87-89) (Musical Example 3), serve as material that strongly links the composition to Spain. The pleading serenade is frequently interrupted by these motifs, and is ultimately completely cut off.

Musical Example 1: Opening

Musical Example 2: Quotation from Albéniz's "El Albaicín," measures 19-24

Musical Example 3: Quotation from "Le Matin d'un Jour de Fête," measures 80-84

Writer: Shiraishi, Yuriko
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