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Debussy, Claude Achille : 12 Etudes　"Pour les sixtes"

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Music ID : 22422
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：etude
Total Playing Time：4 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Piano Solo
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Author : Wada, Mayuko

Last Updated: March 5, 2019
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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.

For Sixths / "Pour les sixtes"

Debussy described the interval of a sixth as "a prim young lady left behind in the salon."

It begins in D-flat major, undergoes multiple modulations, and concludes in D-flat major. The phrase structure is complex, employing various hemiolas.

Writer: Wada, Mayuko
Japanese