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Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135

191511 min

This guide follows Debussy’s Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135 (1915) in three parts: Prologue. Lent, Sérénade. Modérément animé and Finale. Animé (sonata form).

Recording: Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (2019)

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Follow all 17 sections as they play

  1. I.
  2. IISérénade.
  3. III. · Sonata form
I. 0:15–4:21

, marked , e : a slow, resolute opening in the manner of a French , with the cello bowed throughout. The main material (A) comes first. A brief central section (B) speeds up and includes a cello . The opening material (A′), and the ends in a murmur in D major.

  1. A
  2. B
IISérénade. 4:31–7:37
III. Sonata form7:41–10:55

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Claude DebussyChamber musicModern periodD minorSonata form

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