DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour invoquer pan, dieu du vent d'été
DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour l'egyptienne
DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour la danseuse aux crotales
DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour que la nuit soit propice
DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour remercier la pluie au matin
DEBUSSY CLAUDE - Pour un tombeau sans nom
Around 1900, Debussy composed, as stage music for the Songs of Bilitis (transcriptions of ancient Greek poems by courtesan Bilitis), by Pierre Louÿs, twelve short pieces for two flutes, two harps and celesta. Although the work was performed, it was not published during Debussy's lifetime. Debussy had great esteem for this composition and took it up again in 1914, choosing six of the old pieces to create a new important cycle for piano four hands. He also completed a version for two-handed piano (HN 402). In each of the two versions, Debussy succeeds in making this delicate stage music very colorful and refined piano music.
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