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Debussy, Claude Achille : Ballade(Ballade slave)

Work Overview

Music ID : 105
Composition Year:1890 
Publication Year:1891
First Publisher:Choudens
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:ballade
Total Playing Time:8 min 30 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Saitoh, Noriko

Last Updated: October 1, 2007
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Andante con moto, in 4/4 time. In the five-measure introduction, the main theme is stated. A polyphonic right hand is accompanied by a left hand playing rapid note values. The Piu mosso section is also constructed based on this main theme; however, the key is altered here. After the music based on the main theme develops for a relatively long period in this manner, new musical material is presented at Poco a poco animato. When the main theme returns, the concluding section has already begun, and the piece closes with a chorale-based concluding section.

Writer: Saitoh, Noriko

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