Nocturnes (Debussy, Claude)

Title Nocturnes
Creators Claude Debussy, composer
Opus CD 98
Instrumentation female chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 3
Keys
Composed 1897
First published 1900
Dedication Georges Hartmann
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Metronome markings
Time signatures
Average duration (sec) 1560
Number of measures
Composition types Nocturnes
Period Romantic
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Sections

Title
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Metronome Key Measures
Nuages
Fêtes
Sirènes

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete 2 pianos Maurice Ravel
View Complete piano Gustave Samazeuilh
Leonard Borwick
View Fêtes (No.2) wind band
View Fêtes (No.2) piano Leonard Borwick

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript 1800 Complete Score
View Complete E. Fromont 1900 1. Nuages
2. Fêtes
3. Sirènes
View Complete E. Fromont 1900 Complete Score
View Complete Paris: J. Jobert 1930 Complete Score
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View Complete Complete Score
View Nuages (No.1) Complete Score
View Complete parts E. Fromont 1900 Flute 1/2, 3
Oboe 1/2, English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (B, A)
Bassoon 1/2, 3
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
Trumpet 1/2, 3 (F)
Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba
Timpani, Snare Drum, Cymbals
Harp 1, 2
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Fêtes (No.2) parts E. Fromont 1900 Violins II
Cellos
View Sirènes (No.3) parts Rein de Vries 2019 Choral Score
View Complete Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Maurice Ravel
E. Fromont 1909 Complete Score
1. Nuages
2. Fêtes
3. Sirènes
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Gustave Samazeuilh
Leonard Borwick

Jobert 1923 Complete Score
View Fêtes (No.2) Arrangement for wind band Benjamin Picard 2013 Complete Score
View Fêtes (No.2) Arrangement for piano
by Leonard Borwick
E. Fromont 1914 Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsEnsemblePerformersFiles (click to listen)
View New York Philharmonic (orchestra) Leonard Bernstein, conductor 1. Nuages
2. Fêtes


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