Claude Debussy - The Girl With The Flaxen Hair / La fille aux cheveux de lin - viola piano duo

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"La fille aux cheveux de lin" is a musical composition for solo piano by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the eighth piece in the composer's first book of Préludes, written between late 1909 and early 1910. The title is in French and translates roughly to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". The piece is 39 measures long and takes approximately two and a half minutes to play. It is in the key of G♭ major.

The piece, named after the poem by Leconte de Lisle, is known for its musical simplicity, a divergence from Debussy's style at the time. Completed in January 1910, it was published three months later and premiered in June of that same year. The prelude is one of Debussy's most recorded pieces, both in its original version and in subsequent various arrangements.

The title La fille aux cheveux de lin was inspired by Leconte de Lisle's poem by the same name, one of his Chansons écossaises (Scottish songs) from his 1852 collection Poèmes antiques (Ancient Poems). The image of a girl with flaxen-coloured hair has been utilized in fine art as a symbol of innocence and naivety. Musical writers have suggested that Debussy's successful portrayal of these emotions was tied in with the musical simplicity of the prelude—specifically, the technical and harmonic elements. His choice of simplicity for this piece was highly unusual, since it deviated from his style at the time and brought back the simple harmonies that he had utilized in his earlier musical compositions, which were more traditional.

Performed on viola by Anna Konoplyova

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[NiveaVespera]

Изумительная музыка! Спасибо вам за то что вы делитесь такой красотой!

[RosinDust]

Прекоасно! Дебюсси требует мастерства и стиля. Bravo.

[DanielWinter-mvir]

A la frontière du réel comme souvent, votre approche du fantastique est d'une efficacité redoutable : les portes s'ouvrent sur l'envie de découvrir, dans une maîtrise de votre art à couper le souffle. Merci Madame pour cette générosité et cette offre de nourriture pour les fous qui peuvent en ces temps se nourrir de Vrai.

[shorne]

All i can say is wow.i love your playing and interpretation is perfect.im a violinist myself. Debussy is smiling i belive just as he intended. Not many really good versions of this only 2 in my mind and yours is one of rhem, other is victoria volomonsky. You are very very very talent god bless❤