Claude-Achille Debussy  (1862-1918)
Last updated: 27.04.22
According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Claude-Achille [really named Achille-Claude] was a French composer, also noted as critic; born near Paris, worked and died in Paris, visited Russia 1881. Worked out new outlook on harmony and musical structure, of which the name impressionism reveals its kinship with contemporary visual art; he has affinity also with such poets as Verlaine and Baudelaire, whom he set. Was first pro- then anti-Wagner; his opera "Pelleas and Melisande" (dedicated to André Messager) is unlike any predecessor though seemingly indebted to Mussorgsky for cultivation with natural speech-inflexions. In addition to operas he wrote works for orchestra, 2 books of piano preludes and other piano works; string quartet, violin sonata and cello sonata.
For data housekeeping purposes he is listed in these webpages as the composer of Golliwog's Cakewalk (1908) which is of course immense ragtime interest.
  Title Instruments/Issue Performers
       
  MP3 File(s)    
audioextmp315.gif Little Negro, The Stefano Ligoratti
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Little Negro (1909), The Midi Annette Mondrup
     Title Author Supplier
       
book15.gif  Debussy Percy Marshall, Young flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Folk Music CDs:
cd15.gif Maggie Teyte Maggie Teyte: A Vocal Portrait flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Recorder Music CDs:
cd15.gif Michael Copley Micro Classics
cd15.gif American Recorder Orchestra of the West The French Spirit
Brass Music CDs:
cd15.gif Canadian Brass The Canadian Brass Encore flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif South Shore Circus Concert Band Sounds of the Circus - Volume 21 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Claude Bolling Le Ragtime flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Marco Fumo Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Mark Birnbaum Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Paul Bisaccia Ragtime Lullabies flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Royal City Saxophone Quartet Ragtime for Rent CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Little Negro, The D/A/T/B pdf15.gifpdf15.gifpdf15.gifpdf15.gifpdf15.gifwvicon.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Golliwog's Cakewalk (1908) C-A. Debussy (music) Piano Ragtime Piano
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Score D/A/T/B IMSLP
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Descant (Soprano) IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Treble (Alt) IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Tenor IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Bass IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Little Negro (1909), The C-A. Debussy (music) Piano IMSLP Pub.
Recorder Sheet Music
Children's Corner (4 Pieces arranged for Recorder Quartet) (D/A/T/B)smp_logo_88_white.gif
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N02142)
Children's Corner (4 Pieces arranged for Recorder Quartet) (D/A/T/B)smp_logo_88_white.gif
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N02143)
Fanfare for a Procession (B/B/B/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score.
Publisher: Magnamusic (PP00114)
766934.gifGolliwogg's Cake-Walk (S/D/A/A/T/T/B/GB)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA066)
Brass Sheet Music
hbx007.jpgLe petit Negre (4 Trombones)bwm15.gif
Score and Parts ISBN M-50144-110-5.
Arr./Editor: Otto Hornek
Publisher: Brass Works Munich (HBX-007)
hbx014.jpgGolliwogg's Cake Walk (8 Trombones)bwm15.gif
Score and Parts ISBN M-50144-114-3.
Arr./Editor: Otto Hornek
Publisher: Brass Works Munich (HBX-014)
Fanfare for a Procession (B/B/B/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score.
Publisher: Magnamusic (PP00114)
766934.gifGolliwogg's Cake-Walk (S/D/A/A/T/T/B/GB)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARA066)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 4 works by Claude-Achille Debussy (1862-1918). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Golliwog's Cakewalk 1908
Little Negro, The 1909 Stefano Ligoratti (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gifaudioextmp315.gif
Fêtes galantes ? Maggie Teyte (perf.)
Alfred Cortot (perf.)
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Mimstrels (Minstrels) ?
     Title Duration Performer
       
youtube15.jpg Fêtes galantes 14:03 Maggie Teyte