Thursday, February 24, 2005

debussy childrens corner

i was very intrigued by the title of this movement from debussy's childrens corner called "golliwogs cakewalk." either that or i can only ever think about cake.
this piece has a cute little introduction before it dives into the first exposition melody. this first melody is jumpy and jazzy. the pianist uses quite a bit of rubato, so eve though the bass line keeps the beat, the rhythmic constancy is a bit uneasy. but isnt that to be expected of debussy's music?
the melody of this first section ends in a nice PAC, emphazised by the tonic note in both the bass and soprano lines. the next section is much slower and extremely expressive. i would not call it developmental because it does not continue working with the primary melody, but it transitions into the final section with an accelerando (a very cool effect). the next section is the return of the exposition...