The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

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musical composition solo piano piece

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair is a famous solo piano piece by Claude Debussy, celebrated for its delicate, lyrical melody and impressionistic style.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
La fille aux cheveux de lin	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical composition ⓘ solo piano piece ⓘ
associatedComposerStylePeriod	Impressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ late Romantic ⓘ
basedOn	poem by Leconte de Lisle ⓘ
catalogueNumber	L. 117/8 ⓘ
composer	Claude Debussy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dateOfComposition	circa 1909–1910 ⓘ
dateOfFirstPublication	1910 ⓘ
duration	approximately 2–3 minutes ⓘ
era	early 20th century music ⓘ
frequentlyRecordedBy	concert pianists ⓘ
genre	Impressionist music ⓘ classical music ⓘ
hasForm	ternary-like form ⓘ
hasMood	intimate ⓘ pastoral ⓘ serene ⓘ
includedIn	standard piano teaching repertoire ⓘ
inspiredBy	poem "La fille aux cheveux de lin" NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
isOneOfMostFamousWorksOf	Claude Debussy NERFINISHED ⓘ
key	G-flat major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
movementType	prelude ⓘ
notableFeature	simple, song-like melody ⓘ subtle harmonic color ⓘ transparent piano texture ⓘ
originalTitle	La fille aux cheveux de lin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Préludes, Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext	concert repertoire ⓘ piano recital staple ⓘ
positionInSeries	No. 8 in Préludes, Book I ⓘ
publisher	Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	delicate ⓘ impressionistic ⓘ lyrical ⓘ
tempoMarking	Très calme et doucement expressif ⓘ
typicalDifficulty	intermediate to advanced piano level ⓘ
usesHarmony	extended tonal harmony ⓘ modal inflections ⓘ
usesTechnique	delicate pedaling ⓘ subtle dynamic shading ⓘ voiced melody in the right hand ⓘ
usesTexture	homophonic texture ⓘ light accompaniment figures ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Préludes (Book I) → containsWork → The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ⓘ

this entity surface form: La fille aux cheveux de lin

album “Piano Book” → includesWork → The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ⓘ

subject surface form: Piano Book