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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

189711 min

This guide follows Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1897) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck (2018)

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Sonata form0:08–11:36

A quiet, mysterious sets the scene. The then begins the story proper, and later the Apprentice arrives. The piles up energy, and then the first two themes sound together. The Sorcerer Call comes next, a -static follows, and broom- scatter. After the come the Water , a second Sorcerer Call and a in which the quiet opening .

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

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Path 15

Paris around 1900

Fauré, Satie, Debussy, Chausson, Dukas and Ravel, from 1887 to 1920.

Fauré → Satie → Debussy → Chausson → Dukas → Ravel

11 works · 2 h 17 min

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Paul DukasOrchestral worksLate Romantic periodSonata form

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