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Re: Debussy Premiere Rhapsody

Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-09-04 14:23

I was about to start a similar thread. I have noticed accelerando before 'Un peu retenu', after (4).
Also, at (6) we have 'a Tempo (moderement anime)'. I have always read this to mean the same tempo as (5) 'moderement anime', quarter-72. However I always hear (6) played significantly faster than (5).
Towards the end we have 'Plus anime' which is often followed by a gradual accelerando up to (11).

I have been to masterclasses where I was told to do these things, but my question is 'Why?'. Debussy didn't write it. If one looks at the score they find a very different piece than is ustally played.
Also, is there any pianist alive that can count well enough to play the 4 measures after (12) correctly.
My first 'coach' for this piece was a composition/theory professos in college. He didn't know anything about the 'way it is done'; he just knew what Debussy wrote on the score. So I look at it the same way. Debussy wrote X so I try to do X.

Post Edited (2007-09-04 15:29)

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