6 Epigraphes Antiques
by Claude Debussy
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano Piano Duet, 1 Piano, 4 Hands (Piano, 4-hands) - SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

SKU: HL.51480408

Composed by Claude Debussy. Edited by Ernst-Gü and nter Heinemann. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Pages: VII and 27. Classical. Softcover. 36 pages. G. Henle #HN408. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480408).

ISBN 9790201804088. UPC: 884088176013. 9.25x12.25x0.132 inches.

Around 1900 Debussy composed 12 short pieces for two flutes, two harps and celesta as incidental music for the Chansons de Bilitis (recitation of ancient Greek poems by the courtesan Bilitis) by Pierre Louÿs. Although it was performed, the work was not published during Debussy's lifetime. The composer highly valued the work and returned to it in 1914, choosing six of the old pieces and reworking them into an important new cycle for piano four hands. At the same time he also completed a version for piano solo (HN 402). Debussy succeeded to transform the delicate incidental music into a colourful, sonorous piano setting in both versions.

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Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.