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Frontiers in Art Research, 2022, 4(6); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2022.040608.

Form Scattered and Spiritual Gathering -- Research on Composition Techniques in Debussy's Prelude "Sails"

Author(s)

Xuan Li

Corresponding Author:
Xuan Li
Affiliation(s)

Department of Composition and Conducting, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China

Abstract

"Sail" is the second piece of "Twenty-Four Piano Preludes", and it is a work in the mature stage of Debussy's music creation. As the pioneering figure of Impressionism, Debussy's creations have great innovation and personality compared to traditional ones. This paper takes "Sail" as the research object, analyzes its melody, structure, mode and harmony from the perspective of music analysis, and then explores the innovation and impressionism style in Debussy's creation.

Keywords

sail; structure; impressionism; Debussy; composition technique

Cite This Paper

Xuan Li. Form Scattered and Spiritual Gathering -- Research on Composition Techniques in Debussy's Prelude "Sails". Frontiers in Art Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 6: 37-45. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2022.040608.

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