6 Pieces in the form of canons
arranged for two pianos by Claude Debussy op. 56
With Robert Schumann’s Studies for Pedal Piano op. 56 an interesting, balanced and expressly melodious work has been handed down. However, it is a work for a type of piano which has never been able to establish itself in the musical mainstream. In Claude Debussy’s arrangement for two pianos he has created a stroke of genius in which the work is presented in a version using simple doubling or reduction of the parts and the use of two instruments which allows the canonic form to be rendered in stereophonic sound. As a result, the composition is enriched artistically and its concert performance is made accessible. Moreover, it offers the unique pedagogical possibility to explore phrasing and expressing through imitation – for example between teacher and pupil. Debussy’s version is presented here for the first time in a corrected, new edition with fingerings and an informative explanatory texts.
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Composer
Robert Schumann
| 1810-1856Robert Schumann is still primarily known as a composer of piano and lieder and as a symphonic composer. In his later creative years, however, he saw the composition of choral music as an important focus of his work. Even today, it is important to discover a largely unknown Schumann, whose choral music masterfully combines popular appeal and artistic ambition. Carus offers Schumann's complete works for mixed choir and for female choir a cappella and with piano. They demonstrate his love of experimentation, his sensitivity in the selection and musical realisation of the texts and, last but not least, his independent choral style, which places particular emphasis on refined details in the composition. Personal details
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Editor
Kristian Giver
| 1961
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Arranger
Claude Debussy
| 1862-1918
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Mit seiner Bearbeitung von Opus 56 für zwei Klaviere hat Debussy eien Geniestreich hingelegt, indem er das Werk in einer Version mit einfachen Stimmverdopplungen oder-reduktionen präsentiert und durch den Einsatz zweier Instrumente die kanonische Form stereophon erklingen lässt.
Piano-News, 4/2012
Piano-News, 4/2012
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