Snow is Dancing

In D minor, a key significantly distant from the preceding piece and with a completely contrasting mood, yet it begins on E, the tonic of the previous piece, creating a subtle and exquisite effect when played consecutively.

Ending of Serenade for the Doll

Beginning of Snow is Dancing

Throughout almost the entire piece, it is written to be played with continuous alternating sixteenth notes between both hands; however, there are passages where playing exactly as notated can be quite challenging.

Snow is Dancing, Measures 13-15

(Particularly from measure 14, playing with the exact left-hand/right-hand distribution as notated becomes difficult.)

Perhaps Debussy intended to express the dance of snow through the visual layout of the score or the hand movements themselves. It is a piece that evokes a visual scene, whether Debussy is imagined to be amidst the snow or observing it fluttering around the streetlights from a window.