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Piano composition by Claude Debussy

La sérénade interrompue (The Interrupted Serenade) is a musical composition for solo piano by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the ninth piece in Book I of Debussy's Préludes (1909–1910). It takes about three minutes to perform.

Composition

La sérénade interrompue

Performed by Parizia Prati

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The piece opens with an introductory passage whose chief feature is its hesitant pizzicato manner. The main theme slowly evolves, and although it is not a combative force here, it comes across as somewhat nocturnal in mood and having both nonchalance and allure in its lithe manner. The rhythmic elements appear throughout and close the impressionistic piece in the same kind of hesitant fashion heard in the opening.

References

Robert Cummings. Claude Debussy: La sérénade interrompue, prelude for piano, CD 125/9 (L. 117/9) at AllMusic

External links

Animated score on YouTube, Dubravka Tomšič

v t e Préludes by Claude Debussy
Premier Livre	Danseuses de Delphes Voiles Le vent dans la plaine Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir Les collines d'Anacapri Des pas sur la neige Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest La fille aux cheveux de lin La sérénade interrompue La cathédrale engloutie La danse de Puck Minstrels
Deuxième Livre	Brouillards Feuilles mortes La Puerta del Vino Les Fées sont d'exquises danseuses Bruyères Général Lavine – eccentric La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Ondine Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. Canope Les tierces alternées Feux d'artifice

Claude Debussy

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