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Calm classical music
Twelve slow, quiet pieces, from Chopin's lullaby to Pärt's Fratres.
Chopin → Liszt → Wagner → Debussy → Massenet → Fauré → Grainger → Delius → Williams → Rachmaninoff → Pärt
Rêverie, L. 68
This guide follows Debussy’s Rêverie, L. 68 (1890) in one part.
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Follow all 3 sections as they play
0:02–4:32
The piece falls into three parts. A spins a gentle melody over a held B-flat in the bass, with syncopations that blur the beat. The central B section moves to E major, a contrast that one writer hears as Grieg and Borodin. Then A′ brings the back in the middle voice, surrounded by arpeggios in the outer parts.
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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