Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103
This guide follows Debussy’s Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103 (1904) in two parts: Danse sacrée. Très modéré (sonata form) and Danse profane. Modéré.
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Follow all 12 sections as they play
- IDanse sacrée.
- IIDanse profane.
The strings alone play the first seven , and the harp enters with the , a soft, sustained chordal . The mode is mostly Dorian, a minor scale with a raised sixth step, which gives the music a bare, ancient colour. In the the is developed with shifting harmonies, and the prepares its brief in the . A short leads straight into the second dance.
IIDanse profane. 5:15–9:52
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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