Free Three Great Orchestral Works In Full Score: Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune, Nocturnes, La Mer (Dover Music Scores) Ebooks To Download

                
              
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Three Great Orchestral Works In Full Score: Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune, Nocturnes, La Mer (Dover Music Scores) Ebooks To Download
"It may be in fact that I have taken on a task that is too much for me: there is no precedent, so I am obliged to invent new forms." — Claude Debussy.Unquestionably one of the most influential of modern composers, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) overturned traditional concepts of form, harmony, and coloring in creating a body of music characterized by innovation, individuality of style, and perfection of workmanship.Among his most popular, most performed, most recorded works are the three compositions reprinted in this volume: the revolutionary Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'une faune, which, in a sense, "awakened" modern music; the exquisite Nocturnes, shimmering models of delicate impressionism; and La Mer, complex, suggestive, a masterpiece of orchestral texture.This Dover volume presents the complete scores of all three works — reproduced from early French editions — in one convenient source. Musicians and music lovers will appreciate this inexpensive edition of a trio of orchestral favorites: pieces that mark not only key points in the composer's personal progress but also in the progress of modern music as well.
Series: Dover Music Scores
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (May 1, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486244415
ISBN-13: 978-0486244419
Product Dimensions:  9.4 x 0.6 x 12.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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The music is of course fantastic, but I was dissapointed by the quality of the printing in this volume. Sometimes note stems are virtually nonexistent, and the very small verbal instructions are almost impossible to read. The reason for this is not Dover's fault; it's because this book was printed directly from ancient master plates of the original French editions. In fact, all of Dover's "reproductions of old French editions" series seem to share the same problems. Yet none of Dover's German editions has the problem. Oh well, I guess all I can say is: Let the Buyer Beware.
1.Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 2.Nocturnes (a).Clouds (b).Festivals (c).Sirens 3.La Mer (a).From Down to Noon on the Sea (b).Wave Play (c).Dialogue of Wind and Sea
Sure, there can occasionally be problems with reprints of older editions (and I've seen some quite poor ones at that, notably with Belwin-Kalmus!); however, this one of Dover (as well as their reprint of the same composer's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande") is not one I'd slight in the least. My copy has very few problems indeed. I recommend this one unreservedly!
As the earlier reviewer pointed out, this Dover edition is a reprint of the orginal Durand score issued in the first decade of the 20th century. The downside of a reprint edition, especially from French publishers, who had a very distinctive engraving style, is that stems and staves tend to disappear in places, which makes it hard to read. Even so, Dover does a great service by making this masterpiece (I don't use that term lightly!) available at a reasonable price. If you really want to have a clean modern engraving, you'll have to shell out more than $100 for the cloth-bound critical edition.
Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score: Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune, Nocturnes, La Mer (Dover Music Scores) The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) The Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody, Counterpoint and Form (The Dover Series of Study Editions, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works, Operas in Full Score) Complete Preludes, Nocturnes & Waltzes: 26 Preludes, 21 Nocturnes, 19 Waltzes for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Other Works for Orchestra in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 7 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Songs of a Wayfarer and Kindertotenlieder in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) A German Requiem, Op. 45, in Full Score (Dover Miniature Music Scores) Complete Piano Concertos in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Daphnis and Chloe in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance Marches in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) "Swan Lake" and "The Sleeping Beauty": Suites from the Ballets in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) The Planets in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version) (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores) 