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Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys, and achieves evocative scenes throughout both pieces. His view of a musical arabesque was a line curved in accordance with nature, and with his music he mirrored the celebrations of shapes in nature made by the Art Nouveau artists of the time. [1] Of the arabesque in baroque music, he wrote: [2]
The most well-known are Claude Debussy's Deux Arabesques, composed in 1888 and 1891, respectively. Other composers who have written arabesques include: Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques (1891), L.66; Marin Marais: L'arabesque (1717), appears in the soundtrack of the film Tous les Matins du Monde; Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18 (1839)
Claude Debussy c. 1910. This is a complete list of compositions by Claude Debussy initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, [1] which is generally in chronological order of composition date. "L¹" numbers are also given from Lesure's ...
2. "Whistle and Chime - The Art of Sound Creation" 8. "Deux Arabesques No. 2" 13. "Nuages - Nocturnes"At least two of these titles are slightly wrong; the title track appears to be a mistranslation back into English of an other-language (probably Japanese) version of Debussy's original title (The Snow Is Dancing), whereas "Golliwog's Cakewalk" contains the common misspelling of the name ...
"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser and first recorded by Jane Olivor on her 1980 album, The Best Side of Goodbye. The following year, Billy Preston and Syreeta recorded it on their 1981 album, Billy Preston & Syreeta with slight changes in the lyrics.
Debussy, a lifelong admirer of Verlaine's poetry, had taken a copy of the collection with him when he went to study in Rome in 1885. [1] Although other composers, from Gabriel Fauré to Benjamin Britten set Verlaine's poetry, Debussy, according to the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , was the first composer of any importance to do so.
"We Must Believe in Magic" is a song written by Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill [1] and originally released by Crystal Gayle on her fourth studio album We Must Believe in Magic (1977). [2] In 1978, it was covered by Jack Clement on his album All I Want to Do in Life. [1] [3]
During the mid-1990s, Gayle began venturing into different styles of music. [3] She issued an album of Gospel music entitled Someday in 1995 and an album of Children's music in 2000, In My Arms. [1] She also recorded two albums of American standard songs during this time. Gayle's most recent was 2003's All My Tomorrows. [9]