Pagodes
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Pagodes is the first piece of Claude Debussy’s piano suite *Estampes*, noted for its evocation of Javanese gamelan music through innovative harmonies and pentatonic sonorities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character piece
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piano piece ⓘ solo piano work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Impressionism in music ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | L. 100 (as part of Estampes, L. 100) ⓘ |
| composer | Claude Debussy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | no specific dedicatee ⓘ |
| followedByInSuite |
Jardins sous la pluie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La soirée dans Grenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInSuite | none (opening piece) ⓘ |
| form | loosely ternary form ⓘ |
| genre | Impressionist music ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard Debussy piano repertoire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Javanese gamelan music ⓘ |
| inMusicologicalDiscussion |
example of Western evocation of non-Western music
ⓘ
study in timbre and resonance on the piano ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Javanese gamelan heard at the 1889 Paris Exposition ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic | ambiguous tonality ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| notedFor |
evocation of gamelan sonorities
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innovative harmonies ⓘ pentatonic sonorities ⓘ |
| partOf | Estampes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
delicate dynamic shading
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use of subtle pedaling ⓘ |
| positionInWork | first piece of Estampes ⓘ |
| precededByInSuite | none (opening piece) ⓘ |
| premieredAsPartOf | Estampes premiere ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| publisher | Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Angela Hewitt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli NERFINISHED ⓘ Claudio Arrau NERFINISHED ⓘ Krystian Zimerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Gieseking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylePeriod |
early 20th-century music
ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Pagodas ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 5 minutes ⓘ |
| usesRhythmicFeature |
gamelan-like layering of rhythms
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ostinato patterns ⓘ |
| usesScaleType | pentatonic scale ⓘ |
| usesTexture |
bell-like sonorities
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layered textures ⓘ |
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