Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II: And Other Works for Piano (Dover Music for Piano) [Paperback]

Claude Debussy (Author), Classical Piano Sheet Music (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 1992 | Series: Dover Music for Piano

Many of the most admired of Debussy's piano works, reprinted from authoritative French editions, among them the Etudes (1915), and the magical Children's Corner (1906–8). Also includes Nocturne (1892), Piece pour piano (1903–4), Images, Book II (1907), Hommage a Haydn (1910), The Little Nigar (1909), La plus que lente (1910), Elegie (1915), more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (August 19, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486271455
• ISBN-13: 978-0486271453
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Debussy's best music, May 20, 2003

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This review is from: Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II: And Other Works for Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

For years, due to copywrite issues, "The Children's Corner" suite was only available in a French edition. Now it's here, in an affordale Dover edition, along with some rarer piano solos.

"Children's Corner" ranges from playable ("Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum" and "The Little Shepherd" and "Doll's Lullaby" to the evilly tricky "Snow is Dancing" made famous by Tomita in an electronic version. The suite was written for Debussy's daughter and is utterly charming and really fun to play. The etude's from Book II are incomplete here, but have some of the nices works, along with a beautiful berceuse.

If you play piano and love the Impressionist composers, this is a must-have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Edition for the Price, April 23, 2006

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This review is from: Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II: And Other Works for Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

This edition includes a lot of great Debussy music, including La Plus que Lente, Children's Corner, and the Etudes. The book is worth it for the Etudes alone, which were written towards the end of Debussy's life and which are simply amazing. They are as masterful as Chopin's etudes, in my opinion. I recommend buying both this and the other Dover edition of Debussy piano music to have basically (or actually, but I haven't checked to be absolutely sure) everything that Debussy wrote for solo piano.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding republication of first-class Debussy piano music!!, December 17, 2007

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This review is from: Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II: And Other Works for Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

What can one say? As a composer, Debussy is just right up there with anybody else one wishes to name - his music is definitely a product of genius and puts him in the very first rank of composers - and his piano music is top notch also in terms of how it uses the instrument while not being all that awkward to play even if it's difficult enough!

These pieces (2 of which I had the pleasure to read through a few days ago!) ought to be in every pianist's library and ought to be known by any serious musician - and how better than in this cheap yet top-quality republication of original editions by firms like Durand, Leduc, Eschig, etc.?? An ABSOLUTE STEAL!!!