Approaching neoclassicism; formal innovations, changes in texture.
Reading: Roy Howat. The Art of French Piano Music: Debussy, Ravel,
Fauré, Chabrier. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.: 18-28.
Pieces to know for today:
Debussy: from Children's Corner: Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum and
Golliwog's Cakewalk;
Preludes: from Book I: "Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du
soir"; Les collines d'Anacapri; Minstrels; from Book II: Brouillards,
La Puerta del Vino;
General Lavine - eccentric. Etudes: pour les "cinq
doigts"; pour les agréments.
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin
Agenda: 1. Neoclassicism in Ravel: the Valses nobles and
Tombeau.
Influence on Stravinsky's neoclassic period, perhaps?
2. Debussy's later style: the Preludes and Etudes.