December 3 - January 6 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Claude Debussy

Composer (listen to the music excerpt on the page, too):

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=44

Listening: The examples on the page above as well as these YouTube videos:

Clair de lune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayqfENhLUwY

Arabesque: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IasbA3iUl3E

Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1ERRRUM-c

(I got to play this one at a recital a few years ago. I love it!)

Question: How would you describe Debussy's piano music? Who is the performer for Jardins sous la pluie (hint: He is one of the best Debussy interpreters in history)?