Tag: Bluethner

• Reflections on the Water

  

  This week Dr. Tobin discusses Impressionism and first person accounts of Debussy to illuminate the first piece from Images I.

  adamsmusichouse

  August 21, 2020

  Debussy Presentation Series

  AdamsMusicHouse, Bluethner, claude debussy, debussy, Images, Impressionism, mason and hamlin, Piano, steinwayartist

• 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…

  adamsmusichouse

  July 3, 2020

  Blog, Debussy Presentation Series, Pedagogy

  AdamsMusicHouse, austin, Bluethner, debussy, debussyprelude, France, Mason, Piano, steinway, steinwayartist, Sunken Cathedral, video

• Carbon and Parfum: Baudelaire through Debussy

  

  This week Dr. Tobin makes a connection between two very special pieces, the prelude from book one, «Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir» (“The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air”) 1909, and  Les Soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon (Evenings Lit by the Burning Coals). 1918. Debussy was inspired…

  adamsmusichouse

  June 5, 2020

  Blog, Debussy Presentation Series

  adams, austin, Bluethner, Brive, debussy, debussyprelude, France, Piano, pianolessons, pianomusic, steinwayartist