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Études (Debussy)
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Claude Debussy's Études (L 136) are a set of 12 piano études composed in 1915. Debussy described them as "a warning to pianists not to take up the musical profession unless they have remarkable hands".[1] They are broadly considered his late masterpieces.[lower-alpha 1]
- Étude 1 pour les cinq doigts d'après Monsieur Czerny (five fingers, "after Monsieur Czerny")
- Étude 2 pour les tierces (thirds)
- Étude 3 pour les quartes (fourths)
- Étude 4 pour les sixtes (sixths)
- Étude 5 pour les octaves
- Étude 6 pour les huit doigts (eight fingers)
- Étude 7 pour les degrés chromatiques (chromatic degrees)
- Étude 8 pour les agréments (ornaments)
- Étude 9 pour les notes répétées (repeated notes)
- Étude 10 pour les sonorités opposées (opposing sonorities)
- Étude 11 pour les arpèges composés (composite arpeggios)
- Étude 12 pour les accords (chords)
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Catalogue | L. 136 |
Composed | August 5 – September 29, 1915 |
Performed | December 14, 1916; 107 years ago (1916-12-14) Paris |
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