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Suite bergamasque, L. 75

190518 min

This guide follows Debussy’s Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (1905) in four parts: Prélude, Menuet (minuet and trio), Clair de lune and Passepied.

Recording: Pallavi Mahidhara (piano) (2020)

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Follow all 19 sections as they play

  1. IPrélude
  2. II · Minuet and trio
  3. IIIClair de lune
  4. IV
IPrélude0:08–4:27

, with (the beat bends freely), in F major, in smooth phrases. The A section states the main material. The B section first takes on an Aeolian (the natural minor mode), and later turns to a -like (hymn-like) . A′ , and then the begins.

  1. A
  2. B: Aeolian- subsection
IIMinuet and trio4:37–7:52
IIIClair de lune7:56–11:07
IV11:13–18:23

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

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