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Debussy and Ravel
Two French composers side by side, often compared and often confused, from 1891 to Boléro in 1928.
Debussy → Ravel
Estampes, L. 100
This guide follows Debussy’s Estampes, L. 100 (1903) in three parts: Pagodes, La soirée dans Grenade and Jardins sous la pluie.
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Follow all 33 sections as they play
- IPagodes
- IILa soirée dans Grenade
- IIIJardins sous la pluie
IPagodes0:01–4:55
Debussy marks this piece to be played almost without shading, so the music moves steadily and without (pushing and pulling the ). The pentatonic (A) begins with little contrast between tune and accompaniment, and a rising three-note (G sharp, C sharp, D sharp) keeps coming back. A contrasting section (B) follows, the varied (A'), and in the subsection the has three layers: long low bell notes, the in the middle, and fast pentatonic ripples high in the right hand.
- A
- B
IILa soirée dans Grenade5:02–9:45
IIIJardins sous la pluie9:54–12:56
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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