Debussy, La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box) [Pet:EP9247]

La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box).
Debussy, Claude.
Edited by Zimmermann, Reiner.
Piano (Solo).
For: Pf.

Ballet for Children (libretto by André Hellé) - piano reduction by the composer French/German - musical indications, however, are printed solely in French).
Originally composed as a piano score in 1913, La Boite a Joujoux was staged as a ballet in 1919. Debussy was fascinated by toys, and by dolls in particular, having once written to a friend, "The soul of a doll is more mysterious than even Maeterlinck supposes; it does not readily put up with the claptrap that so many human souls tolerate." Debussy composed the piano-score of this ballet, but the war and his untimely death prevented him from completing his orchestration; this task was left to his close friend and fellow composer, Andre Caplet (born November 23rd, 1878; died April 22nd, 1925).
Composed 1913-1917.
Piano Score for Sale ( ).

Format: Sheet Music.
Published by Peters.
Pet:EP9247.
Distributed by Edition Peters.
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