Debussy Claude - Petite Suite Piano 4 hands *Lauren Keiser Music its contours and economy recall

its contours and economy recall the composer’s earliest works

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This edition presents a selection of original works from 300 years of flute history — from Baroque to Classical modernism — in a range of styles with well-known works alongside other delights to discover

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Debussy Claude - Petite Suite Piano 4 hands *Lauren Keiser Music its contours and economy recallDebussy composed the suite with four movements in 1888, fresh after his return from Italy where he had spent time on a scholarship at the Villa Medici in Rome as the winner of the Prix de Rome. He performed the work with Paul Dukas at the Paris Conservatoire in 1889 and it was very well received. Henri Busser was amongst the students, and it was he who arranged the suite for orchestra in 1907, when Debussy was already famous. The composer immediately