Pièces pittoresques
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Pièces pittoresques are a set of ten pieces for piano by Emmanuel Chabrier. Four of the set were later orchestrated by the composer to make his Suite pastorale.
Autour du piano, oil on canvas 1885 by Henri Fantin-Latour; Chabrier at the piano, Adolphe Julien, Arthur Boisseau, Camille Benoît, Edmond Maître, Antoine Lascoux, Vincent d'Indy and Amédée Pigeon grouped around.
Estampes
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Estampes, L. 100, is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy. Finished in 1903, the first performance of the work was given by Ricardo Viñes at the Salle Érard of the Société nationale de musiq
Pièces pittoresques
…Charles Phalen) Written before Chabrier's visit to Spain but colourful and with modal touches, muted effects and plucked notes – a precursor of Debussy's Soirée dans Grenade. Poulenc compared it to the Forlane from Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin. E major, 4 4; Allegretto (dedicated to Jeanne Monvoisin) 'Allegretto avec…
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