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VoilesPréludes, Book I · L. 117 · II

Claude Debussy

  • Difficulty 6
  • C major
  • 3 min
  • 64 measures

The second prelude of Debussy's first book of Préludes, published by Durand in 1910. Marked Modéré and "in a rhythm without strictness, caressing", it is built almost entirely on the whole-tone scale over a recurring low B-flat, with a short pentatonic passage before the opening returns; as in all the Préludes, the title stands at the end, in parentheses. This edition follows the 1910 Durand print.

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