{"id":1170,"date":"2012-08-01T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piano4u.com\/pianonotes\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2012-07-24T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T22:03:00","slug":"1170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianonotes.piano4u.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/1170\/","title":{"rendered":"August Sheet Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of Claude Debussy&#8217;s 150th birthday, here are links to three of his most famous works, downloadable from the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) <strong>for free!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun\" href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Pr%C3%A9lude_%C3%A0_l%27apr%C3%A8s-midi_d%27un_faune_(Debussy,_Claude)\" target=\"_blank\">Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun<\/a>\u00a0(Prelude a l&#8217;apres-midi d&#8217;un faune) : &#8220;The music of this prelude is a very free illustration of Mallarm\u00e9&#8217;s beautiful poem. By no means does it claim to be a synthesis of it. Rather there is a succession of scenes through which pass the desires and dreams of the\u00a0faun\u00a0in the heat of the afternoon. Then, tired of pursuing the timorous flight of\u00a0nymphs\u00a0and\u00a0naiads, he succumbs to intoxicating sleep, in which he can finally realize his dreams of possession in universal Nature.&#8221; &#8211; Claude Debussy <a title=\"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pr%C3%A9lude_%C3%A0_l'apr%C3%A8s-midi_d'un_faune\" target=\"_blank\">[source]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Children's Corner Suite\" href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Children%27s_Corner_(Debussy,_Claude)\" target=\"_blank\">Children&#8217;s Corner Suite<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0<em>Children&#8217;s Corner<\/em>\u00a0(L. 113) is a six-movement suite for solo piano by\u00a0Claude Debussy. It was published by Durand in 1908, and was given its world premi\u00e8re in Paris by\u00a0Harold Bauer\u00a0on December 18 of that year. In 1911, an orchestration of the work by Debussy&#8217;s friend\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Caplet\u00a0received its premi\u00e8re and was subsequently published. <a title=\"Children's Corner\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children's_Corner\" target=\"_blank\">[source]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Clair de Lune\" href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Clair_de_Lune_(Debussy,_Claude)\">Clair de Lune<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0The third and most famous movement of\u00a0<em>Suite bergamasque<\/em>\u00a0is &#8220;Clair de lune,&#8221; meaning &#8220;moonlight&#8221; in French. Its name comes from\u00a0Paul Verlaine&#8217;s\u00a0poem of the same name\u00a0which also refers to &#8216;bergamasques&#8217; in its opening stanza: Votre \u00e2me est un paysage choisi \/ Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques \/ Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi \/ Tristes sous leurs d\u00e9guisements fantasques. <a title=\"Clair de Lune\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clair_de_lune_(Debussy)\" target=\"_blank\">[source]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Along with these great Debussy pieces, we&#8217;d like to attach the music to our featured video!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"C.S. Theme and Variations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicnotes.com\/sheetmusic\/book.asp?ppn=BKLPSM55&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">C.S. 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