The tombeau, a piece written in memory of a deceased artist, has a long history in western music, extending back as far as the early Baroque. The most famous modern tombeau is Ravel's 1917 piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, which he later orchestrated. After Debussy's death in 1918, the Parisian journal Revue Musicale commissioned 10 prominent composers to contribute movements to a Tombeau de Claude Debussy. The variety of the compositions reflects something of the diversity in trends in European composition, excluding the ...
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The tombeau, a piece written in memory of a deceased artist, has a long history in western music, extending back as far as the early Baroque. The most famous modern tombeau is Ravel's 1917 piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, which he later orchestrated. After Debussy's death in 1918, the Parisian journal Revue Musicale commissioned 10 prominent composers to contribute movements to a Tombeau de Claude Debussy. The variety of the compositions reflects something of the diversity in trends in European composition, excluding the developments in Germany, of course, which was still widely considered the enemy of the French. Some of the pieces reflect the content or subject matter of Debussy's music, and others are entirely independent of his influence. While each of the pieces has a strong character, the most musically arresting contribution is Ravel's Duo pour Violine et Violoncelle, which he later incorporated into his sonata, also dedicating that piece to Debussy. Bartók's Improvisations on a Hungarian...
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Add this copy of Hommages Musicaux: Tributes to Debussy & Faure to cart. $25.31, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Albany Music.
