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Debussy, Claude Achille : L' Isle joyeuse A-Dur

Work Overview

Music ID : 118
Composition Year：1904　
Publication Year：1904
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：character pieces
Total Playing Time：6 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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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.

There is a theory that this piece was inspired by Watteau's famous painting 'The Embarkation for Cythera,' but it is not certain. However, the scene of lovers embarking for Cythera, the island of Venus, the goddess of love, surely overlaps with the sensual joy that overflows in this piece.

Unusually for Debussy, it demands virtuoso performance technique, and is a masterpiece brimming with bold expressiveness and vivid color.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

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