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Sunken Cathedral
This week Dr. Tobin discusses Claude Debussy’s Book I Prelude Engulfed or “Sunken Cathedral”. It is based on the legend of the sunken town of Y off the Breton French Coast. Dr. Tobin discusses how Debussy paints the image of a sunken cathedral that rises from the depths of the sea. After the discussion, he…
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Bach Prelude in C Major
Today Dr. Tobin is starting a new Monday series of rotating composers and pieces. Bach’s first Prelude from the Well Tempered Clavier is a great piece for students, for church offertories, for recitals, for weddings, and for fun! In this video Dr. Tobin approaches how to learn and interpret this piece, which was not originally…
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Debussy Broulliards
This week Dr. Tobin is taking a suggestion from Jason Hoogerhyde, Professor of Composition at Southwestern University, to discuss the Book II Prelude Broulliards. Dr. Tobin did a thesis which explored abstract pitch relationships in Debussy Preludes. This week the material is rather abstract, but he tries to keep it understandable. Debussy uses abstraction to…
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Pagodes and La Mer
This week Dr. Tobin discusses one of his favorite pieces, Pagodes from Estampes. The role that the Javanese Gamelan, the 1889 Paris Exposition, Japanese art, the Symphonic Poem “La Mer”, and Debussy’s love of the sea are all discussed. The presentation ends with a performance of Pagodes on Debussy’s special 1904 Bluethner Piano, played in…
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Clair de Lune
It seemed time to discuss Claude Debussy’s most famous piece! Watch Dr. Tobin discuss this piece from Suite Bergamasque and the influences Debussy may have felt as he composed it.
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