Urtext Edition, paperbound
Debussy composed this cycle, and other masterful late works, in the summer of 1915. He had withdrawn to a country house near Dieppe with his family and composed with fevered concentration. The self-critical composer was very proud of his Études: “I confess that I am pleased to have created a work which – false vanity aside – will occupy a special niche. In point of technique these Études will usefully prepare pianists for a better understanding of the fact that the portals of music can only be opened with formidable hands.” Debussy’s Études are today a milestone along the path of those desirous of becoming concert pianists.
Contents:
- Pour les "cinq doigts" d'après Monsieur Czerny
- Pour les tierces
- Pour les quartes
- Pour les sixtes
- Pour les octaves
- Pour les huit doigts
- Pour les degrés chromatiques
- Pour les agréments
- Pour les notes répétées
- Pour les sonorités opposées
- Pour les arpèges composés
- Pour les accords