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Prélude I/7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest, L. 117 No. 7

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This guide follows Debussy’s Prélude I/7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest, L. 117 No. 7 (1910) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

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Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest: et Sonata form0:14–3:43

Marked et . The Opening is a quiet sweep of arpeggios that gathers force, and the main ideas arrive in the thematic . In the phase a repeating pattern (an ) takes over and the first peak arrives. The Central builds a second peak, and the / a third. The brings back the raging arpeggios. A short lull gives way to a last surge, and the keeps the storm going to the end.

  1. Opening
  2. Thematic

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

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