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- What instruments did Debussy write for?
- What is Claude Debussy best known for?
- What is Debussy most famous piece?
- Did Debussy write symphonies?
What instruments did Debussy write for?
He wrote more piano works: a set of Études and a piano duet called En blanc et noir (In white and black). He planned to write six sonatas, each for a different group of instruments, but he only wrote three of them: one for cello and piano, one for flute, viola and harp and one for violin and piano.
What is Claude Debussy best known for?
French composer Claude Debussy's major works included Clair de lune (“Moonlight”; in Suite bergamasque, 1890–1905), Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), the opera Pelléas et Mélisande (1902), and La Mer (1905; “The Sea”).
What is Debussy most famous piece?
La Mer (1905)
La Mer is Debussy's most popular and widely performed concert work.
Did Debussy write symphonies?
Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). ... He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include two books of Préludes and one of Études.
