Préludes (Book I)

E260433
piano composition collection suite

Préludes (Book I) is a landmark collection of twelve solo piano pieces by Claude Debussy that exemplifies his impressionistic style and innovative approach to harmony and color.

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Label Occurrences
Préludes (Book II) 2
Debussy’s Préludes 1
Preludes, Book I 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf piano composition collection ⓘ
suite ⓘ
catalogueNumber CD 125 ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
compositionYears 1909–1910 ⓘ
containsWork Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest ⓘ
Danseuses de Delphes ⓘ
Des pas sur la neige ⓘ
La cathédrale engloutie ⓘ
La danse de Puck ⓘ
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ⓘ
surface form: La fille aux cheveux de lin

La sérénade interrompue ⓘ
Le vent dans la plaine ⓘ
Anacapri ⓘ
surface form: Les collines d’Anacapri

Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir ⓘ
Minstrels ⓘ
Voiles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo no overall dedicatee ⓘ
firstEditionFormat printed score for piano ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1910 ⓘ
followedBy Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Préludes (Book II)
follows Estampes ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
hasOrderingPrinciple non-chronological by key ⓘ
hasTitleTranslation Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Preludes, Book I
historicalSignificance landmark of impressionistic piano literature ⓘ
influenced 20th-century piano repertoire ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyStructure varied keys ⓘ
languageOfTitles French ⓘ
notableFeature evocative titles placed at the end of each piece ⓘ
innovative harmony ⓘ
use of musical color ⓘ
numberOfPieces 12 ⓘ
opusNumber L. 117 ⓘ
originalTitle Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Préludes, premier livre
partOf Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Debussy’s Préludes
period early 20th century ⓘ
publisher Durand ⓘ
style Impressionism ⓘ
targetPerformer advanced pianists ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 40 minutes ⓘ
usesTechnique modal harmony ⓘ
parallel chords ⓘ
pedal points ⓘ
planing ⓘ

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Claude Debussy → notableWork → Préludes (Book I) ⓘ
Claude Debussy → notableWork → Préludes (Book I) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Préludes (Book II)
Achille-Claude → notableWork → Préludes (Book I) ⓘ
subject surface form: Achille-Claude Debussy
this entity surface form: Préludes
Suite bergamasque → movement → Préludes (Book I) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prélude
Préludes (Book I) → followedBy → Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Préludes (Book II)
Préludes (Book I) → partOf → Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Debussy’s Préludes
Préludes (Book I) → hasTitleTranslation → Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preludes, Book I
Préludes (Book I) → originalTitle → Préludes (Book I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Préludes, premier livre
La cathédrale engloutie → partOf → Préludes (Book I) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Préludes, Book I