Valse romantique
Waltz
Claude Debussy 1862–1918
Waltz
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Themes & character
Early salon waltz·Before his mature style·Graceful and light·Composed 1890
At a glance
- Form
- Waltz
About the piece
An early waltz from 1890, written while Debussy was still finding his voice and earning a living partly through such saleable short pieces.
It belongs with the Reverie and the Deux Arabesques of the same period, music the mature composer later dismissed with some embarrassment. He is reported to have called the Reverie a work of no consequence written to a publisher's order, though the public never agreed.
The composer
Claude Debussy
1862–1918
Achille Claude Debussy was a French composer, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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