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Das Chalumeau-Repertoire: ein kurzer Uberblick [The chalumeau repertoire: a brief overview]
No full textLa genèse de La damoiselle élue
No full textThis article (in French) explores the influence of Pre-Raphaelitism on the creative process of Debussy's cantata La damoiselle élue, a setting of The Blessed Damozel by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The chalumeau: independent voice or poor relation?
No full textDuring the current revival of interest in the early 18th-century clarinet, the importance of the chalumeau has been largely overlooked, despite its somewhat more extensive repertoire. The relationship between the two instruments is particularly unusual because the many physical similarities are not reflected in their respective musical roles
Debussy on music: the critical writings of the great French composer Claude Debussy
No full textDebussy's critical writings, collected and introduced by François Lesure, edited and translated by Richard Langham Smith
The early chalumeau duets
No full textThe two-keyed chalumeau, for which a number of composers wrote in the first half of the 18th century, has long been accepted as the forerunner of the clarinet. Only recently, however, has it been noticed that the chalumeau itself represents a development of the recorder rather than of a folk instrument
Debussy and the art of the cinema
No full textPerhaps Debussy, of all composers, has suffered the most from misguided comparisons with the visual arts. Ever since 1887, when the jury of the Academie des Beaux Arts found in his youthful 'Printemps' the work of a "vague Impressionist", subsequent critics have twisted and turned the comparison for the most part without attempting to uncover the true rapports between Debussy's music and the visual arts. But this superficial comparison with Impressionism is not so much lamentable because it is erroneous, but rather because it has obscured other areas of thought
Lyric pieces (with barcarolle)
No full textFor violin, clarinet, cello and piano, duration 16-20 minutes