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Prélude I/5: Les collines d'Anacapri, L. 117 No. 5

19093 min

This guide follows Debussy’s Prélude I/5: Les collines d'Anacapri, L. 117 No. 5 (1909) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano)

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Les collines d'Anacapri: Sonata form0:09–2:53

The presents a six-note and a bird-call figure. A, a joyful melody over arpeggios, enters and is then varied, and B follows. In the B section a contrasting C brings a -like rhythm. The shortens the earlier material, with A and then B, and the the two opening in .

  1. A: A

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

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