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Claude Debussy
Première Rhapsodie and Petite Pièce for Clarinet and Piano
Editor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann
Fingering: Klaus Schilde
16.00 €
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Pages: 32 (V, 21, 6), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 789 · ISMN M-2018-0789-8
Originally written for the final year clarinet examination at the Paris Conservatoire, Debussy’s “Première Rhapsodie” has quickly become a bestseller of the clarinet repertoire, being a highly impressionistic work that plays marvellously with the timbral possibilities of the clarinet. Its success was so pervasive that Debussy later arranged the piano accompaniment for orchestra, and in this form the rhapsody is today to be heard all around the world. Our edition also contains as a “lollipop” the popular “Petite pièce”, an original work of under forty bars that was in fact devised as a sight-reading test.
Reviews
Sowohl die anspruchsvolle Komposition selbst als auch diese neu erarbeitete Ausgabe sind sehr zu empfehlen.
[Das Liebhaberorchster, 2010]
The editor has carefully examined all of the sources and provides extensive notes regarding differences in dynamics, phrasing, and notation, as well as a chronology of the various versions. … The extensive historical notes alone make it invaluable, and the music is clearly printed on heavy stock with the sometimes problematic page turns eliminated.
[The Clarinet, 2008]
Cerise sur le gâteau, les éditions Henle offrent en outre la charmante Petite Pièce – ce court morceau n’atteignant même pas 40 mesures-, plein d’originalité, conçu initialement pour l’épreuve de lecture à vue de l’examen final.
[Crescendo, 2006]
La edición Urtext de Henle es, pues, una bendición, con el añadido de la Petite Pièce.
[Doce Notas, 2005]
La presente edizione filologica della Rapsodie ci aiuta a capire il percorso evolutivo che ha portato alla sua pubblicazione partendo dalla base del manoscritto, che in alcune sue parti si discosta notevolmente dalla versione finale approvata da Debussy. Il curatore di questa preziosa edizione è Ernst-Günter Heinemann.
[I Fiati, 2005]